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poste restante

[pohst re-stahnt, res-tahnt, pawst res-tahnt] / ˌpoʊst rɛˈstɑnt, ˈrɛs tɑnt, pɔst rɛsˈtɑ̃t /
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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

I told him that he reasoned well; but that, should the chapter change such a resolution, my address would be found at Vienna, poste restante, till the 20th of the following month.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

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 Claire Von Gl?mer

If you write, address to me here, poste restante, as I shall probably stay the winter over.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

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 Burton Egbert Stevenson




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