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

Dear Sir, My last to you was of the 21st of November, addressed to Milan, poste restante, according to the desire expressed through Mrs. Paradise.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Then he came back to the main point He has already had 2 letters from Dora, but not an answer to his letter, because she can't fetch it from the post office, poste restante.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden

But before that I must hear from you,—one word of love, of forgiveness, of hope, addressed to 'Baroness Magelone of Erlenbusch, poste restante, Paris.'

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

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