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1. a. Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs. Source: opted
2. adj. secret and sly or sordid Source: wordnet
3. Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke. Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan. Source: webster
4. s. secret and sly or sordid Source: ecdict

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