Below-stairs

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of below stairs. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The former minister's long-suffering wife, Jane, reacted to the news by saying: “Quite frankly, if you bed people that I call ‘below-stairs class’, they go to the papers, don't they?”"

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"The former minister's long-suffering wife, Jane, reacted to the news by saying: “Quite frankly, if you bed people that I call ‘below-stairs class’, they go to the papers, don't they?”"

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