BACKSTAIRS meaning: Secret or indirect means; clandestine

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backstairs: Merriam-Webster
backstairs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
backstairs: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
backstairs: Collins English Dictionary
backstairs: Vocabulary.com
Backstairs, backstairs: Wordnik
backstairs: Wiktionary
backstairs: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
backstairs: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Backstairs, backstairs: Dictionary.com
Backstairs: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
backstairs: Rhymezone
Backstairs: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
backstairs: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
backstairs: FreeDictionary.org
backstairs: Mnemonic Dictionary
backstairs: TheFreeDictionary.com
backstairs: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backstairs)

▸ noun:  A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
▸ noun:  An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
▸ adjective:  Secret or furtive.
▸ adjective:  Scandalous.

Opposite:

frontstairs, main entrance, public entrance

Phrases:

Page of the Backstairs, Backstairs at the White House, more...

Adjectives:

narrow, steep, dark, political, official, certain, carpeted, royal, requisite, probable, necessary

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