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below stairs
below stairsadv1. (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and workbelow stairs
below stairsdated In the basement or on the bottom floor of a house, which was once the floor commonly inhabited by servants. All of the servants need to be below stairs before the lord of the manor returns.See also: below, stairbelow stairs in the basement of a house, in particular as the part occupied by servants. British datedSee also: below, stair |