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tête-bêche
[ tet-besh ]
adjective
, Philately.
- of or relating to a pair of stamps that have been printed with one stamp inverted.
tête-bêche
/ tɛtˈbɛʃ /
adjective
- philately (of an unseparated pair of stamps) printed so that one is inverted in relation to the other
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tête-bêche1
1880–85; < French, equivalent to tête head + bêche, reduced from béchevet placed with the head of one against the foot of the other
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tête-bêche1
C19: from French, from tête head + bêche, from obsolete béchevet double-headed (originally of a bed)
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