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
After breakfast we went to the post office for our "poste restante" letters, and after replying to them resumed our march.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
I had told Grell that if it became necessary to write me under cover, he might do so at the poste restante, Folkestone.
From The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest
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
For example, on payment of the usual delivery fee of 25 centimes a parcel may be delivered from the railway station to the local post office, where it will be retained in the poste restante.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by A. D. Smith
