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witches' stairs

witches' stairs noun: steep staircase with alternate half treads.

Noun

witches' stairs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) steep staircase with alternate half treads.

Origin of witches' stairs

From the suggestion that witches were unable to climb them.

Questions about witches' stairs

What does witches' stairs mean?
Witches' stairs means steep staircase with alternate half treads.
What part of speech is witches' stairs?
Witches' stairs is a noun.

Words near witches' stairs in the dictionary

  1. witches' milk
  2. witches' Sabbat
  3. witches' Sabbath
  4. witches' Sabbaths
  5. witches' Sabbats
  6. witches' stairs
  7. witches' stone
  8. witches' stones
  9. witches' thimbles
  10. witcheties
  11. witchetties

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