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

The colporteur was very pale, but he seemed to be cool.

From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler

So whispered a small vestry-man Unto a colporteur.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von