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English adjective: backstairs

1. backstairs secret and sly or sordid


SamplesBackstairs gossip.
His low backstairs cunning.
Backstairs intimacies.
Furtive behavior.


Synonymsbackstair, furtive


Similarcovert


Antonymsovert, open


English noun: backstairs

1. backstairs (artifact) a second staircase at the rear of a building


Broader (hypernym)staircase, stairway


Domain usageplural, plural form









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