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highboy

[ hahy-boi ]

/ ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ /

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noun U.S. Furniture.

a tall chest of drawers on legs, usually in two sections set one on top of the other. Compare tallboy, lowboy.

Also called high chest.

Origin of highboy

First recorded in 1890–95; high + boy

Words nearby highboy

high-wire act, high-wrought, highball, highbinder, highborn, highboy, highbred, highbrow, highbush blueberry, highbush cranberry, highbush huckleberry

Example sentences from the Web for highboy

Here, table, highboy chairs, and screen—mahogany, cherry, teak—looked nervous and disproportioned.

Marco Roth’s Book Bag: The Anti-Memoir Memoir |Marco Roth |October 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When Hortense and Highboy entered, only the embers of the fire were left on the hearth in Grandmother's room.

The Cat in Grandfather's House |Carl Henry Grabo
"If you laugh at me, I won't go," said Highboy in a mournful voice.

The Cat in Grandfather's House |Carl Henry Grabo
Polly took an armload of things away from her and put them back in the highboy.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes

Hortense and Highboy crept quietly to their room while the others disappeared below.

The Cat in Grandfather's House |Carl Henry Grabo
"The drawer in the highboy wouldn't open, Grandma," said Hortense.

The Cat in Grandfather's House |Carl Henry Grabo

British Dictionary definitions for highboy

highboy

/ (ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ) /

noun

US and Canadian a tall chest of drawers in two sections, the lower section being a lowboy Brit equivalent: tallboy