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

"Call it what you please," said the Vermont colporteur.

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

The latter individual is the forerunner of the colporteur, who will bring you, if you wish poetry, an edition of the works of Shakespeare which is peculiarly ill-adapted for holding in the hand and reading.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

When in Constantinople I met a Hebrew Christian colporteur named Solomon, who offered me a New Testament.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.