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

Direct your answer by return to me, poste restante, Calais.

From Kenelm Chillingly — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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 Leblanc, Maurice

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

Very obligingly, she offered to fetch my letters from the poste restante, and look out for photographs.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda