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backstairs
('b/&/k'st/(@)/rz )

adjective (a)

  • Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a second staircase at the rear of a building(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • secret and sly or sordid(adj.all)
    Example:
    Backstairs gossip.
    His low backstairs cunning.
    Backstairs intimacies.
    Synonym:
    backstair, furtive
    source: wordnet30
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