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

The doctor inquired at the poste restante in vain.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

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

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

From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Address either to Milan, poste restante, or by way of Geneva, to the care of Monsr.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas