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backstair - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'backstair' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Backstair [ a.]
- Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

Meaning of 'backstair' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . backstair [ s]
Meaning (1):
- secret and sly or sordid
Example in sentence:
  • backstairs gossip;
  • backstairs intimacies;
  • furtive behavior;
  • his low backstairs cunning

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