backstairs
Example Sentences
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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
Lenny Wilkens, Larry Brown, Isiah Thomas: All coached here before tumbling down the backstairs of the Garden.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2014
"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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
