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noun 
  1. a staircase at the rear of a building, or one normally only used by servants etc
It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. -- W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado
adjective 
  1. clandestine, secret or furtive
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