colportage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of colportage
1840–50; < French, equivalent to colport ( er ) to hawk (literally, carry on the neck; see col, port 5) + -age -age
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The crazy things he was told here he regarded as extraordinarily well suited for his colportage.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
The fact that Münchmeyer published colportage did not compel me to write for him nothing but a trashy colportage-novel.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
This was simply because of this circle of people from the realm of trashy literature and colportage, who were determined to, as they themselves used to put it, "destroy me".
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
The publishers of colportage also maintain that, for their bookkeeping, it would be much harder and require much more time than with other publishers to prove how many regular subscribers there are.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
I may very well say, that I have been working hard at this time and have honestly tried my best, to turn Münchmeyer's colportage into a decent publishing house.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
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