Backstairs

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Furtively carried on; clandestine: backstairs gossip.
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  • n. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
  • n. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
  • adj. Secret or furtive.
  • adj. Scandalous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way.
  • adj. Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a second staircase at the rear of a building
  • adj. secret and sly or sordid
    • Equivalent
    covert    back stairs    backstair   
    Antonym
    front stairs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stairway    staircase   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    backstair   
     
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