tête-bêches
tête-bêches is the plural of tête-bêche.
Meaning of tête-bêche
Noun
tête-bêche (plural tête-bêches)
- 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
Questions about tête-bêches
- What is tête-bêches the plural of?
- Tête-bêches is the plural of tête-bêche.
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