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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

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 Wilhelmine von Hillern

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

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

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

The letter simply said that the papers would be at Versailles, at the poste restante, in my name, on a certain day—that is to say, this morning.

From The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc


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