backstair English

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backstair

— adjective (= backstairs, furtive) secret and sly or sordid backstairs gossip his low backstairs cunning — A.L.Guerard backstairs intimacies furtive behavior

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backstairs

hole-and-corner

furtive

unlisted

undisclosed

underhand

undercover

under-the-table

under-the-counter

under wraps

surreptitious

sub-rosa

sneaking

sneak

secretive

secret

sealed

restricted

privy

occult

mystic

mysterious

hush-hush

hugger-mugger

ex-directory

dark

covert

cloak-and-dagger

clandestine

clandescent

cagy

arcane