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
Closely watched by the local authorities and the Russian police, all Nihilists, but especially their leaders, are compelled to take certain precautions, such as having their letters and papers addressed poste restante to simple initials.
From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
A line will find me at Venice, poste restante, all September.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
Direct your answer by return to me, /poste restante/, Calais.
From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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 Naylor, Robert
