backstairs
Example Sentences
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Up the backstairs, buzzed in by a security guard, through the parking lot, into an elevator, through a hallway.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022
Next to it was his study, where he wrote by the light of a single candle and received the “common” people through the backstairs, which he also used to come and go unnoticed.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016
Lord Butler of Brockwell said what he called "backstairs sniping" showed contempt for the civil service.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2013
What do he and his son, James, now head of UK operations, get from backstairs political schmoozing?
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010
Momma and I followed that lane to the backstairs of Dentist Lincoln’s office.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
