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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy