HyperDic: backstair

English > 1 sense of the word backstair:
ADJECTIVEallbackstair, backstairs, furtivesecret and sly or sordid
English > backstair: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningSecret and sly or sordid.
Examples
  • "backstairs gossip"
  • "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
  • "backstairs intimacies"
Synonymsbackstairs, furtive
BroadercovertSecret or hidden / hidden

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