backstair

Variant of backstairs

backstairs definition

back·stairs (-sterz′)

adjective

involving intrigue or scandal; secret
also backstair back′·stair′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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