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above stairs
adv. (context archaic English) upstairs; in or on an upper floor.(R:MW3 1976: page=5) alt. (context archaic English) upstairs; in or on an upper floor.(R:MW3 1976: page=5)
Usage examples of "above stairs".
With Jimmy above stairs and Spike below, the sleuth-hound would have his hands full.
With Jimmy above stairs and Spike below, the sleuthhound would have his hands full.
That was a point on which they had not touched, the fact that one impostor was above stairs, the other below.
She came to inquire whether the gentleman above stairs had every thing that he liked, for she was sure it was her endeavour that he should.
They had neither of them come to supper in the banqueting hall, instead remaining with the royina and the stricken roya above stairs.