poste

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It was of a letter in Alice's handwriting, addressed to Captain Egremont, in the yacht Ninon--poste restante, Madeira.

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  • She has a mother back there, and she was stupid enough to write to her from Paris Giving her address A poste-restante address. —  Maigret and the Gangsters [67] - Georges Simenon
  • The laird had a poste-restante arrangement, it appears. —  My Bones Will Keep - Gladys Mitchell- Bradley 35
  • Neutralians of the upper class congregated there, sauntered about its ample corridors, sat in its comfortable foyer, used the concierge as a poste restante, borrowed small sums from its barmen, telephoned sometimes, gossiped always, now and then lightly dozed. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
  • Amen. Providing themselves with food, and with small change of money for the journey—two things indispensable to Russian travel—John Yeardley and William Rasche left Moscow on the 23rd, by malle-poste for Orel. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
  • From Orel there was no malle-poste in which they could continue their journey, and they were obliged to hire a tarantas , or posting-carriage, a very inferior kind of conveyance. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
 

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