tallboyn.
/ˈtɔːlbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ/, /ˈtɑlˌbɔɪ/ 1. A tall-stemmed glass or goblet. Now local.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > with tall stem
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1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 10 Bella... Where shall we meet at night? Manl. At Lambs with the Fidles and a Talboy.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xliii. 195 Cups, Goblets, and Talboys of Gold, Silver, and Cristal.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tall-boy, a Pottle or two Quart-pot full of Wine.
1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. (at cited word) The Maister wants a jug o' ale..an' two tumbler-glasses—'e said not to sen' them tall-boys, kigglin' [= tottering].
2. A tall chest of drawers (often raised on legs), usually in two parts, one standing on the other, the lower sometimes projecting beyond the upper; sometimes applied to a chest of drawers or a bureau standing on a dressing-table. Also attributive.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > tall
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1769 Dublin Merc. 16–19 Sept. 2/2 Chamber chest, tallboy, dining tables, two side-boards.
1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/9 Mahogany tallboy chest of drawers.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 3/3 Tall-Boys..those double chests of drawers which are to be found in nearly all old-fashioned houses.
1909 Civ. Serv. Stores Assoc. May 451 18th century Mahogany Tall Boy Chest, with pull-out-tray in centre.
3. A kind of tall chimney-pot.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > chimney-pot
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1884 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. (Cassell) Scores of pots, tallboys, cowls..swept from the chimney-stacks of the Metropolis on Saturday night.
1904 Daily Chron. 21 June 3/5 I was fixing her some ‘tallboys’ on the chimneys.
4. humorous. ? A great man, a ‘big pot’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important
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1820 Examiner No. 644. 513/2 To play the coxcomb, pedant, and tall-boy.
1820 Examiner No. 651. 629/2 The Imperial Tall-boy of Russia.
Draft additions April 2011
North American. A large container of a beverage (usually beer), typically a can holding 16 or 24 fluid ounces.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of
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1956 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 3 May 23 (advt.) Buy Schlitz Tall Boy.
1974 J. Nichols Milagro Beanfield War i. 66 Then, retreating to the house, he popped open a tallboy and slumped at the kitchen table.
1989 I. Frazier Great Plains vii. 120 They took our Bud tallboys, opened them.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 15 Sept. 199/1 Sort of a shifty-lookin' fella who buys a pack of smokes, a couple of Lotto scratchers and a tall boy at ten in the morning?
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