backstairs

back·stairs (b

stârz

) also back·stair (-stâr

)

adj.

Furtively carried on; clandestine: backstairs gossip.

backstairs [ˈbækˈstɛəz]

pl n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants

adj also backstair

underhand backstairs gossip

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Noun	1.	backstairs - a second staircase at the rear of a building staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adj.	1.	backstairs - secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" backstair, furtive covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

Translations

backstairs [ˈbækˈstɛəz]

A. NPL → escalera f de servicio

B. CPD [staff] → de servicio; [work] → doméstico (fig) [gossip, plot] → clandestino, subrepticio

backstairs [ˈbækˈstɛəz] npl → scala sg di servizio

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Back stairs
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backstairs gossip
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secret
staircase
stairway

Alec, opening the door and letting her enter before him, while Phebe was seen whisking down the backstairs with a dust-pan.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

Was there a motive at work under this strange reluctance of Arthur's which had a sort of backstairs influence, not admitted to himself?

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

Eight of them she owned, and she kept them in a little place fenced around on her backstairs.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

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