Tallboy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tallboy \Tall"boy`\, n.
     1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Highboy \High"boy`\, n.
     1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near
        or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often
        divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower
        section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a
        {tallboy}. Compare {lowboy}. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys
        glittering with brass handles." --K. L. Bates.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tallboy
       n : a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and
           supported on four legs [syn: {highboy}]