backstairs gossip

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• Backstairs — Back stairs , Backstair Back stair , a. Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs; as, backstairs gossip. Syn: clandestine, cloak and dagger, hugger mugger, hush hush, on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• backstairs — adjective Date: 1663 1. secret, furtive < backstairs political deals > 2. sordid, scandalous < backstairs gossip > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backstairs — /bak stairz /, adj. 1. associated or originating with household servants. 2. secret, underhanded, or scandalous: backstairs gossip. Also, backstair. [1635 45; adj. use of BACK STAIRS] * * * …   Universalium

• backstairs — back•stairs [[t]ˈbækˈstɛərz[/t]] also back′stair′ adj. secret, underhanded, or scandalous: backstairs gossip[/ex] • Etymology: 1635–45 …   From formal English to slang

• backstairs — noun /bækˈstɛəz/ (say bak stairz) 1. a secondary staircase, originally for servants. –adjective /ˈbækstɛəz/ (say bakstairz) Also, backstair. 2. indirect; underhand; clandestine: backstairs gossip …  

• Backstair — Backstairs Back stairs , Backstair Back stair , a. Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs; as, backstairs gossip. Syn: clandestine, cloak and dagger, hugger mugger, hush hush, on the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• backstair — adjective secret and sly or sordid backstairs gossip his low backstairs cunning A.L.Guerard backstairs intimacies furtive behavior • Syn: ↑backstairs, ↑furtive • Similar to: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• back stairs — 1. stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants. 2. a means of intrigue. [1620 30] * * * back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded… …   Useful english dictionary

• back|stairs — back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded method or course. back|stairs «BAK STAYRZ», adjective. 1. secret and underhanded: »... backstairs… …   Useful english dictionary

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