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below stairs

American

noun

(usually used with a singular verb)

(formerly) the basement rooms usually used by servants, as servants' quarters, kitchen, and laundry room.

below stairs British

adverb

(formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work

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