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
Then he came back to the main point He has already had 2 letters from Dora, but not an answer to his letter, because she can't fetch it from the post office, poste restante.
From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul
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
Very obligingly, she offered to fetch my letters from the poste restante, and look out for photographs.
From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
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
