| 单词 | backstair |
| 例句 | It is these kitchen and backstair men who are to be encouraged, the men who know the subject in hand in all possible relationships. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z "And when all that was finished, they sent people of backstair influence to have it all endorsed." Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z I entered; it was a short passage about six feet long, leading perhaps to a backstair, but the door at the end was locked. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh But there are sly meetings upon the backstair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 To know, he will have us go in at the great door of obedient faith; and if anybody thinks he has found a backstair, he will find it land him at a doorless wall. Warlock o' Glenwarlock Do you think I care for such trash as that?—Till the Plot comes up the Palace backstair, and gets possession of old Rowley's own imagination, I care not a farthing who believes or disbelieves. Peveril of the Peak What have you, an ardent disciple of music, to do in such a land where favouritism and backstair influence win the day over even the merits of a Schubert? A Romance of Two Worlds I descended a stair corresponding with that backstair, as I am told, up which Madame had led me only the night before. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh He had not appreciated that, from underlings and backstair politicians, an itinerant showman like Stetson and the only son of an American Croesus would receive very different treatment. The Red Cross Girl |
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