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   back·stairs

   /ˈbakˌsterz/

   plural

   • 1. stairs at the back or side of a building.

   adjective

   • 1. underhanded or clandestine: "I won't make backstairs deals with politicians"

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   The meaning of BACKSTAIRS is secret, furtive. How to use backstairs in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Backstairs definition: associated or originating with household servants. See examples of BACKSTAIRS used in a sentence.

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   Define backstairs. backstairs synonyms, backstairs pronunciation, backstairs translation, English dictionary definition of backstairs. also back·stair adj. Furtively carried on; clandestine: backstairs gossip.

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   2 meanings: 1. a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants also: backstair 2. underhand.... Click for more definitions.

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   a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps. adjective. secret and sly or sordid. “ backstairs gossip”. “"his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard”. synonyms: backstair, furtive. covert. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed.

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   Definition of backstairs noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   A complete guide to the word "BACKSTAIRS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.