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tête-bêches

tête-bêches is the plural of tête-bêche.

Meaning of tête-bêche

Noun

tête-bêche (plural tête-bêches)

  1. A book where two texts are bound together, with one text rotated 180° relative to the other, such that when one text runs head-to-tail, the other runs tail-to-head.
    • It's an odd little confection, the tête-bêche, but it's oddly pleasing. Each author gets a fair crack of the whip, with their own cover and top-billing, and the illusion of two separate books makes a head-to-tail volume seem somehow to be good value.2011 July 28, David Barnett, “Tête-bêche books make a speculative return”, in The Guardian

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Questions about tête-bêches

What is tête-bêches the plural of?
Tête-bêches is the plural of tête-bêche.

Words near tête-bêches in the dictionary

  1. Tête Jaune Cache
  2. tête montée
  3. tête à tête
  4. tête à têtes
  5. tête-bêche
  6. tête-bêches
  7. tête-de-pont
  8. tête-à-tête
  9. tête-à-têtes
  10. têtes-de-pont
  11. Tír na n-Óg

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