colportv.
/kɒlˈpɔːt/ intransitive. To work as a colporteur. Also transitive, to carry as or as if a colporteur.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > transport or convey by carrying [verb (transitive)] > convey by carrying (of person) > in a bundle or pack
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1888 Centen. Confer. Missions II. 337 Grants [of books] for distribution to those who want to colport.
1889 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrong Box xvi You don't mean to insinuate that thing I..colported with my own hands, was the body of a total stranger?
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