Associations to the word «Backstair»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BACKSTAIR, adjective. Clandestine, secret or furtive
Dictionary definition
BACKSTAIR, adjective. Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior".
Wise words
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