BACKSTAIRS

backstair, backstairs, furtive

(adjective) secret and sly or sordid; “backstairs gossip”; “his low backstairs cunning”- A.L.Guerard; “backstairs intimacies”; “furtive behavior”

backstairs

(noun) a second staircase at the rear of a building

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

backstairs pl (plural only)

A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.

An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.

Adjective

backstairs (comparative more backstairs, superlative most backstairs)

Secret or furtive.

Scandalous.

Synonyms

• backstair

Source: Wiktionary

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Back"stairs`, Back"stair`, a.

Definition: Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke. Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan.

BACKSTAIR

Back"stairs`, Back"stair`, a.

Definition: Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke. Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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