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
Instead, his columns were narratives of creation, abandonment and restoration that lovingly highlighted quirky design and backstairs gossip from decades past.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2017
"And backstairs sniping, whichever side it comes from, shows that something is wrong and there's been too much of that backstairs sniping."
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
