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
The doctor inquired at the poste restante in vain.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
What you mean by "poste restante," God knows.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Very obligingly, she offered to fetch my letters from the poste restante, and look out for photographs.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
He sent this letter to the poste restante at Windermere, as Lily had directed.
From Tongues of Conscience by Hichens, Robert Smythe