tallboy
A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small…A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
Meaning
5 sensesA tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
(US)A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
A kind of sail, a spanker.
A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
Origin
By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeledBy surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).
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Forms
plural: tallboysSynonyms
1 synonyms- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs:highboy