backstairs
adjective
associated or originating with household servants.
backstair
-
a variation of
backstairs.
Example Sentences
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To know, he will have us go in at the great door of obedient faith; and if anybody thinks he has found a backstair, he will find it land him at a doorless wall.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
But there are sly meetings upon the backstair.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 by Various
It is these kitchen and backstair men who are to be encouraged, the men who know the subject in hand in all possible relationships.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
He had not appreciated that, from underlings and backstair politicians, an itinerant showman like Stetson and the only son of an American Croesus would receive very different treatment.
From The Red Cross Girl by Richard Harding Davis
I entered; it was a short passage about six feet long, leading perhaps to a backstair, but the door at the end was locked.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
