poste restante
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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 used to have my letters addressed there, poste restante, and call in for them when I happened to be in Kimberley.
From Uncanny Tales by Various
Besides, Damigni had its own post-office, though the presumption was that M. Langernault had his letters addressed poste restante at Alençon.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
When I showed my card to the poste restante clerk, he went carefully through the letters bearing the initial of my name and denied that there was any for me.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells
Accordingly I presented myself at the poste restante.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
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