below/above stairs
UK old useIn a large house, below stairs was the part of the house in which the servants worked and lived, and above stairs was the part in which the family of the owner of the house lived.
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Servants, slaves & underlings
- butler
- clerk
- coolie
- dogsbody
- factotum
- flunky
- labourer
- lackey
- lapdog
- maid
- majordomo
- manservant
- puppet
- retainer
- skivvy
- slave
- slave trade
- slavery
- stair
- valet
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