above stairs

See also: abovestairs and above-stairs

English

Alternative forms

(noun, adjective): abovestairs

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌv stɝs/

Prepositional phrase

above stairs

  1. (archaic) upstairs; in or on an upper floor.[1]
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
      The physician now arrived, and began to inquire of the two disputants, how we all did above-stairs? "In a miserable way," answered Thwackum.
    • 1877, Henry James, The American:
      She took him to a room above-stairs, and introduced him to a bed on which a magnified bolster, in yellow calico, figured as a counterpane.
    • 1901, M. page Shiel, The Lord of the Sea:
      He was found above-stairs in an empty room, searching the floor for something.

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
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