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Word: backstair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Government but ..." and he trailed off into ambiguous remarks. The bell for division (voting), which rings three times, rang once, twice, and M. P.'s began to trickle into the division lobbies. At this moment, barely ahead of the third bell, up sneaked some 140 Conservatives by a backstair's route to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Not Cricket | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

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