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

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

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

From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 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

Closely watched by the local authorities and the Russian police, all Nihilists, but especially their leaders, are compelled to take certain precautions, such as having their letters and papers addressed poste restante to simple initials.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott