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 letter simply said that the papers would be at Versailles, at the poste restante, in my name, on a certain day—that is to say, this morning.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Leblanc, Maurice
Send your answer to the initials K. Z., at Gottenburg, Sweden, poste restante.
From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard
Accordingly I presented myself at the poste restante.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
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
