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tête-bêche
[tet-besh] 
–adjective Philately.
| of or pertaining to a pair of stamps that have been printed with one stamp inverted. |
Origin:
1880–85; < F, equiv. to tête head + bêche, reduced from béchevet placed with the head of one against the foot of the other
1880–85; < F, equiv. to tête head + bêche, reduced from béchevet placed with the head of one against the foot of the other
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| tête-bêche (tět'běsh') adj. Of, relating to, or being a pair of postage stamps printed with one upside-down in relation to the other, either deliberately or accidentally. [French : tête, head (from Old French teste, from Late Latin testa, skull; see tester1) + bêche (short for obsolete béchevet, double head of a bed, from Old French : bes-, twice from Latin bis; see bis + chevet from Late Latin capitium, opening for the head in a tunic, from Latin, head covering, from caput, capit-, head; see triceps).] |
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