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

So whispered a small vestry-man Unto a colporteur.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

“I have books to sell, and will show them to you forthwith,” answered the colporteur, unslinging his pack.

From Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The usefulness of this term “permit” is admirably indicated by the account which a Presbyterian colporteur gives of an interview with some who objected to the Calvinistic doctrine of decrees.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)