About The Word Backstairs
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Backstairs
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What's The Definition Of Backstairs?
[n] a second staircase at the rear of a building
[adj] secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Backstairs: backstair | covert | furtive Related Terms | Find terms related to Backstairs: back-door | clandestine | covert | feline | furtive | hidlings | hole-and-corner | hugger-mugger | privy | quiet | shifty | skulking | slinking | slinky | sly | sneaking | sneaky | stealthy | surreptitious | undercover | underground | underhand | underhanded | under-the-counter | under-the-table | unobtrusive See Also | staircase | stairs | stairway | steps Backstairs In Webster's Dictionary \Back"stairs`\, Backstair \Back"stair`\, a.
Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding
access by the back stairs.
A backstairs influence. --Burke.
Female caprice and backstairs influence. --Trevelyan.
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