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Back stairs

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stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.

See also: Back



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Though he did not see why it was necessary for him to go to the count at all, still less why he had to go by the back stairs, yet judging by Anna Mikhaylovna's air of assurance and haste, Pierre concluded that it was all absolutely necessary.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
At the earliest possible moment after supper, Nancy crept up the back stairs and thence to the attic room.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
After a while, the maid appeared, with her pail in her hand, leaving the room by way of the dressing-room and the back stairs.
The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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