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 shall be at Munich on Friday, and have written to Hallam Tennyson, poste restante; but I hope to waylay them at the station.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
He sent this letter to the poste restante at Windermere, as Lily had directed.
From Tongues of Conscience by Robert Smythe Hichens
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
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
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