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

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

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

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

Si vous voulez donc me dire quelque chose de vous, et que ma lettre ne vous a point d�plu, vous pouvez addresser votre r�ponse � Bruxelles, poste restante.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I was even careful to keep her visits a secret and, moreover, to refrain from corresponding with her except through the poste restante.

From The Teeth of the Tiger by Leblanc, Maurice