tallboy

[ tawl-boi ]

/ ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ /

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noun

English Furniture.

a chest of drawers supported by a low stand.Compare highboy.
a chest-on-chest.

a tall chimney pot.

a tall-stemmed goblet.

a 16- or 24-ounce (454- or 680-gram) can containing a beverage, especially beer.

(initial capital letter)Military. a 12,000-pound (5400-kilogram) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating.

Origin of tallboy

First recorded in 1670–80; tall + boy

Words nearby tallboy

Talladega, tallage, Tallahassee, Tallahatchie, Tall Blacks, tallboy, tall buttercup, tall-case clock, Tallchief, tall drink, tallet

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Example sentences from the Web for tallboy

The tallboy was purely the outcome of a demand for something more commodious than the early form.
Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne|J. P. Blake
But next morning, when they were dressing, what does the stranger do but carefully hang his breeches on the knobs of the tallboy!
English Fairy Tales|Flora Annie Steel
The tallboy chest was standing alone in its dignity at the top of the broad staircase.
Berry And Co.|Dornford Yates
Facing the window and the sunshine was a facsimile of the tallboy chest which I had coveted so fiercely two hours before.
Berry And Co.|Dornford Yates

There was no fireplace and no coal-scuttle, so I took off my right boot and put it in the bottom drawer of the tallboy instead.
Berry And Co.|Dornford Yates

British Dictionary definitions for tallboy

tallboy

/ (ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ) /

noun

a high chest of drawers made in two sections and placed one on top of the other; chest-on-chest

a fitting on the top of a chimney to prevent downdraughts

Word Origin for tallboy

C18: from tall + boy

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	tallboy
释义	tallboy [ tawl-boi ] / ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tallboy ON THESAURUS.COM noun English Furniture. a chest of drawers supported by a low stand.Compare highboy. a chest-on-chest. a tall chimney pot. a tall-stemmed goblet. a 16- or 24-ounce (454- or 680-gram) can containing a beverage, especially beer. (initial capital letter)Military. a 12,000-pound (5400-kilogram) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating. Origin of tallboy First recorded in 1670–80; tall + boy Words nearby tallboy Talladega, tallage, Tallahassee, Tallahatchie, Tall Blacks, tallboy, tall buttercup, tall-case clock, Tallchief, tall drink, tallet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tallboy The tallboy was purely the outcome of a demand for something more commodious than the early form. Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne\|J. P. Blake But next morning, when they were dressing, what does the stranger do but carefully hang his breeches on the knobs of the tallboy! English Fairy Tales\|Flora Annie Steel The tallboy chest was standing alone in its dignity at the top of the broad staircase. Berry And Co.\|Dornford Yates Facing the window and the sunshine was a facsimile of the tallboy chest which I had coveted so fiercely two hours before. Berry And Co.\|Dornford Yates There was no fireplace and no coal-scuttle, so I took off my right boot and put it in the bottom drawer of the tallboy instead. Berry And Co.\|Dornford Yates British Dictionary definitions for tallboy tallboy / (ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ) / noun a high chest of drawers made in two sections and placed one on top of the other; chest-on-chest a fitting on the top of a chimney to prevent downdraughts Word Origin for tallboy C18: from tall + boy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tallboy bureau, chest, chiffonier, dresser, chifforobe, highboy, lowboy
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tallboy

noun

Origin of tallboy

Words nearby tallboy

Example sentences from the Web for tallboy

British Dictionary definitions for tallboy

noun

Word Origin for tallboy

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