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ˈupstair, adv. and a. [up prep.2 1, 7.] 1. adv. = upstairs adv. 1.
1627Drayton Moon Calf 165 When vp-stayre one, downe⁓stayre another hies. 2. adj. = upstairs a.
1814Heyne Tracts India 277, I staid in an upstair room with him for many hours. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. iii. 230 Many of such upstair-chapels are still to be seen in..Gloucester cathedral. 1861F. Nightingale Nursing ii. (ed. 2) 27 But do these people know the up-stair habits of this class [sc. young ladies]? 1885Fortn. in Waggonette 18 An upstair sitting-room. |