Backstairs

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  • adjective. Furtively carried on; clandestine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • adjective. Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
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  • noun. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
  • noun. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
  • adjective. Secret or furtive.
  • adjective. Scandalous.
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  • noun. a second staircase at the rear of a building
  • adjective. secret and sly or sordid
  • Word Usage
    "The road to eminence lay by the "backstairs," the atmosphere of which he could not endure."
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