colportage
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English
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Etymology
[edit]1840s, from French colportage, from colporteur (1723).
Noun
[edit]colportage (usually uncountable, plural colportages)
- The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]colportage m (plural colportages)
Further reading
[edit]- “colportage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.