Backstair

[bæk'steә(r)]

(adj.) secret and sly or sordid; 'backstairs gossip'; 'his low backstairs cunning'- A.L.Guerard; 'backstairs intimacies'; 'furtive behavior' .

Edited by Joanne--From WordNet

(a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

Editor: Miriam