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
The lad begs me to answer his letter immediately; poste restante, Marseilles; and I want you, my dear Thekla, to do this for me.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von
Direct your answer by return to me, poste restante, Calais.
From Kenelm Chillingly — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
What you mean by "poste restante," God knows.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various