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tête-bêche definition

tête·-bêche (tet′bes̸h′)

adjective

designating a pair of postage stamps printed, purposely or in error, so that one is inverted in relation to the other

Etymology: Fr < tête, head + bêche, contr. < béchevet, the head of one at the feet of the other (in bed)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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