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low-boy
†1. One who supports the ‘low’ party in matters of church polity, etc., in opposition to the ‘high-flyers’ or ‘high-boys’; a Whig and Low-churchman.
1715S. Centlivre Gotham Election 70 No Fire and Faggot; no Wooden Shoes; no Trade-Sellers; a Low Bow, a Low Bow [sic]. Ibid. 72 That rascally, cheating, canting Low Boy.
2. orig. U.S. A low chest of drawers.
1899House Beautiful (Chicago) Aug. 140 Antique mahogany chair and low-boy. 1929Burlington Mag. LIV. 313 The ‘Lowboy’..is the pendant piece to the ‘Highboy’ and also has no counterpart in England. 1970Canad. Antiques Collector May 11/2 Rare William and Mary lowboy of excellent proportions in burr-walnut and inlays of herringbone. 1973Country Life 29 Mar. (Suppl.) 38/2 Queen Anne walnut two drawer lowboy..Height 2 ft. 3 ins. 1975Times 6 Feb. 9/1 Hand made, hand finished traditional lowboy, in walnut.
Add:3. U.S. A low-slung trailer used esp. for transporting exceptionally tall or heavy loads. Freq. attrib.
1953Western Trucking June 50/1 Freesh Construction Company..has a..large White 200 diesel with a 36-foot-long semi-lowboy trailer for hauling company tractors. 1961Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxxvi. 29 Lowboy, a large semi-trailer whose bed is built especially low for ease of loading; used for hauling construction material and equipment. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 42 The gooseneck on a lowboy trailer is removable on certain models to make it easier to load the trailer. 1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. f11 (Advt.), Trailers:..Nelson Tri-axle 40-ton lowboy (1956); Fruehauf 25-ton tandem lowboy. 1985New Yorker 22 Apr. 51/1 The auction business thrived:..lowboy trailers..lithographs—they were all for sale. 1991Construction Equipment Oct. 20/3 The Roadrunner Mark -70SL is a 35-ton capacity lowboy with the patented self-lifting detachable gooseneck. |