"Backstair" is a word in ENGLISH
Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding
access by the back stairs.
The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.
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Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
Read the complete definitionA private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
Read the complete definitionNot positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a …
Read the complete definitionTo aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.
Read the complete definitionTo procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
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