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tallboy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | highboy |
| Type of | bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
Examples of tallboy
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Ikea has the Lillangen tallboy cabinet with portholes for laundry, perfect for a tight, narrow space.
From the sfgate.com
Today is the day for double cheeseburgers, sleeping late, popping a PBR tallboy, taking one last draw of a Marlboro Red.
From the charlotteobserver.com
In a Marriott you get a faux-antique tallboy containing a television set, but a Holiday Inn Express just gives you the television.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A habitue of casinos and strip clubs, he is the kind of guy who quiets his hangover with a tallboy Budweiser in a brown bag on the PATH train to the city.
From the denverpost.com
In our haste though a tallboy spots us, but luckily we're close enough to the boat that we can dive into the canal and swim up to make our escape.
From the metro.co.uk
It comes in queen or king size and has a whole range of accessories to match, including a bedside table, a tallboy, a lowboy and a mirror.
From the smh.com.au
Of course, some pieces such as Arne Vodder's tallboy epitomise classic design with curving, integrated handles that are part of the drawers.
From the smh.com.au
And this could happen even in English, an English learner, and I assume a 5-year old native too, would be inclined to think that a tallboy is a boy who is tall.
From the economist.com
Deviant Dale's IPA takes that hop content and ramps it up even more for a heavier assault of grapefruit and pine, and the beer comes in a 16-ounce tallboy can.
From the suntimes.com
- Highboy: a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
- A tallboy is a piece of furniture incorporating a double chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy is similar but consists of both upper and lower having drawers, many of which may not be doubled, and some of which were tripled. ...
- A spanker is either of two kinds of sail.
- (Tallboys) Tailboys or Talboys was the name of a prominent gentry family from Lincolnshire, England.
- A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture; A tall can of beer, either 16 ounces or one half litre
- American term for a chest-on-chest.
