poste restante
Example Sentences
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Leisurely two-sided correspondences were difficult to sustain, with Chatwin roving from one poste restante to the next.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2011
If you write, address to me here, poste restante, as I shall probably stay the winter over.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
When I showed my card to the poste restante clerk, he went carefully through the letters bearing the initial of my name and denied that there was any for me.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells
She gave him several louis-d'or to supply his immediate wants, and told him to write a letter containing news of himself every week, addressed to the initial B., poste restante.
From A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern
"Write, then, poste restante to M. Andre, you must name the time at which you wish to see me, and I will be there."
From The Regent's Daughter by Alexandre Dumas père
