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

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

From Kenelm Chillingly — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

It is no matter where you stay," he said; "I shall write to you at the poste restante.

From The Holladay Case A Tale by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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

Dear Sir, My last to you was of the 21st of November, addressed to Milan, poste restante, according to the desire expressed through Mrs. Paradise.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson