poste restante
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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
For example, on payment of the usual delivery fee of 25 centimes a parcel may be delivered from the railway station to the local post office, where it will be retained in the poste restante.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by A. D. Smith
It is no matter where you stay," he said; "I shall write to you at the poste restante.
From The Holladay Case A Tale by Burton Egbert Stevenson
I was even careful to keep her visits a secret and, moreover, to refrain from corresponding with her except through the poste restante.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
What you mean by "poste restante," God knows.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
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