poste restante
noun/ˌpəʊst ˈrestɑːnt/
/ˌpəʊst reˈstɑːnt/
(British English) (North American English general delivery)
[uncountable]- an arrangement in which a post office keeps a person’s mail until they go to collect it, used especially when somebody is travellingWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘mail remaining’.
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