About The Word Backstairs

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Backstairs

Backstairs Meaning & Definition
Backstairs Definition And Meaning

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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