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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.