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colportage
[ kol-pawr-tij, -pohr-; French kawl-pawr-tazh ]
/ ˈkɒlˌpɔr tɪdʒ, -ˌpoʊr-; French kɔl pɔrˈtaʒ /
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noun
the work of a colporteur.
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Words nearby colportage
colpopoiesis, colpoptosis, colporrhagia, colporrhaphy, colporrhexis, colportage, colporteur, colposcope, colposcopy, colpospasm, colpostenosis
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How to use colportage in a sentence
These are exceedingly rare and were frankly among the works of colportage of their particular period.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot|L. W. de LaurenceWe have ventured to employ the words colporteur and colportage to express the trade and title of those itinerant booksellers.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'Aubign