Backstairs /(băk"stârz`)/
Back·stairs
Backstairs
n.
- Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way.
Backstairs
a.
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Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs; as, backstairs gossip.
A backstairs influence.
Female caprice and backstair influence.