'Tallboy' definitions:
Definition of 'tallboy'
From: WordNet
noun
A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs [syn: highboy, tallboy]
Definition of 'Tallboy'
From: 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.]
Definition of 'tallboy'
From: 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]