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

What you mean by "poste restante," God knows.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

Direct your answer by return to me, /poste restante/, Calais.

From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Accordingly I presented myself at the poste restante.

From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.

Send your answer to the initials K. Z., at Gottenburg, Sweden, poste restante.

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard