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
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
He sent this letter to the poste restante at Windermere, as Lily had directed.
From Tongues of Conscience by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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 Hillern, Wilhelmine von
Direct your answer by return to me, poste restante, Calais.
From Kenelm Chillingly — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
