backstair
- a variation of backstairs.
Example Sentences
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I descended a stair corresponding with that backstair, as I am told, up which Madame had led me only the night before.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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 MacDonald, George
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 Ayres, Harry Morgan
"And when all that was finished, they sent people of backstair influence to have it all endorsed."
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
