| backstair |
| backstair | (adj) secret and sly or sordid; ; - A.L.Guerard, Syn. backstairs, furtive, Example: backstairs gossip; his low backstairs cunning; backstairs intimacies; furtive behavior |
| backstairs | (n) a second staircase at the rear of a building |
| Backstair | A backstairs influence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] Female caprice and backstair influence. Trevelyan. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Backstairs |