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Meaning of TALLBOY

Pronunciation:  'tâlboee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
 
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 Synonyms: highboy
 
 See Also: bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tall"boy`\, n.
1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth
   century, usually in two separate parts, with larger
   drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs
   fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also
   {highboy}.
3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
 
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