below stairs
Americannoun
adverb
Example Sentences
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Mount Vernon’s newest chapter lies below stairs, in the cellar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
May explained her vision of “the British dream” by talking about her grandmother, a lady’s maid below stairs, who had three professors and a prime minister among her grandchildren.
From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2018
Sumptuously filmed, at moments the movie is a sort of Downton Abbey of the Raj, with all sorts of romantic intrigue going on below stairs among the 500 Hindu, Sikh and Muslim household staff.
From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2017
It becomes yet another way for "Downton Abbey" to explore the central questions of this final season, during which everyone above and below stairs alike is contemplating his or her future prospects in a rapidly changing society.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2016
The administration of the Palace household below stairs in a less wantonly wasteful manner was held to threaten the dignity of those about the Throne.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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