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

Si vous voulez donc me dire quelque chose de vous, et que ma lettre ne vous a point d�plu, vous pouvez addresser votre r�ponse � Bruxelles, poste restante.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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 Moore, Thomas

After breakfast we went to the post office for our "poste restante" letters, and after replying to them resumed our march.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

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 Stevenson, Burton Egbert