Associations to the word «Backstair»

Wiktionary

BACKSTAIR, adjective. Clandestine, secret or furtive

Dictionary definition

BACKSTAIR, adjective. Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior".

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Dhammapada