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
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
I was even careful to keep her visits a secret and, moreover, to refrain from corresponding with her except through the poste restante.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Leblanc, Maurice
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
