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
The packet was there amongst the letters marked poste restante; but when he had opened it with precipitation, a cloud of disappointment covered his face, and he heaved a heavy sigh.
From Major Frank by James Akeroyd
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
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
