backstair Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite secret and sly or sordid
furtive; backstairs.
- backstairs gossip
- his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
- backstairs intimacies
- furtive behavior
WordNet
Back"stairs`, Back"stair` adjective
(Also<
- Backstairs
- Backstair
)
Definitions
Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke.
Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan.
