colporteur

Example Sentences

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A colporteur was reading the parable of the Prodigal Son in a Paris cafe much frequented by North African workmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the colporteur helps Vincent find permanent lodging with a farming family in Wasmes, the community he's serving.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Their libel was seized in the hands of a colporteur.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

His enmity with Rome dates from his Spanish experiences as colporteur of the Bible Society in 1838 and 1839. 

From The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' by Sampson, John

Along these arteries of traffic many tons of tracts and propaganda are hurled annually by train, felucca and colporteur.

From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)