backstairs

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

backstairs

1. a staircase at the rear of a building, or one normally only used by servants etc

   It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. -- W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

[edit] Adjective

backstairs

1. clandestine, secret or furtive

[edit] Synonyms

• backstair