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highboy

American  
[hahy-boi] / ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ /

noun

U.S. Furniture.

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

highboy British  
/ ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. Brit equivalent: tallboy.  a tall chest of drawers in two sections, the lower section being a lowboy

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Etymology

Origin of highboy

First recorded in 1890–95; high + boy

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