stairhead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stairhead
Example Sentences
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Despite the sister's gabby gossiping, the kids' shenanigans, the marital jawings and set-tos, the dress for the party and the dressing for the party, there are bogeys at the stairhead and phantoms outside the window.
From Time Magazine Archive
When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
At the stairhead I held her back for a final question.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
When he reached the open air, he threw his bundle down upon the ground, and then turned an ear to listen at the stairhead.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Gilson, Charles
The door stood ajar, and facing it was another door, wide open, through which a ray of the evening sun slanted across the stairhead.
From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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