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Highboy   Listen
noun
Highboy  n.  
1.
One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
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."





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"Highboy" Quotes from Famous Books



... lower drawer of a tall "highboy" and, from the tumbled mass of apparel therein took one of his ...
— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln
... reserved," were the familiar words of the poster, and they have a larger meaning in an old country neighbourhood than the mere sale of the last pan and jug and pig and highboy. Though we live with our neighbours for fifty years we still secretly wonder about them. We still suspect that something remains covered, something kept in and hidden away, some bits of beauty unappreciated—as they are, indeed, with ...
— Great Possessions • David Grayson


Words linked to "Highboy" :   chest of drawers, bureau, chest, tallboy


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