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
The doctor inquired at the poste restante in vain.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
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
A reply poste restante, address on St. Genevieve in Missouri, will arrive to your faithful and obedient servant,
From The Purchase Price by Emerson Hough
I turned the letter over when I had read it, and saw that it was addressed to "M. Henri Smith, N——-, poste restante."
From The Confession of a Child of the Century by Kendall Warren
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