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backstairs
  • n  a second staircase at the rear of a building
  • s  secret and sly or sordid
    backstairs gossip
    his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
    backstairs intimacies
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bald-headed
  • s  lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
    a bald-headed gentleman
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backhanded
  • v  hit a tennis ball backhand
  • a  (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  • s  roundabout or ambiguous
    attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity
    a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal
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backless
  • a  lacking a back
    a stool is a backless and armless seat
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backstage
  • n  a stage area out of sight of the audience
  • s  concealed from public view or attention
  • r  out of view of the public; behind the scenes
    Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal
    many private deals were made backstage at the convention
  • r  in or to a backstage area of a theater
    costumes were changed backstage
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backstair
  • s  secret and sly or sordid
    backstairs gossip
    his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
    backstairs intimacies
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