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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Highboy \High"boy`\, n. 1. One who lives high; also in politics, a highflyer. 2. A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] ``Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles.'' --K. L. Bates. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tallboy \Tall"boy`\, n. 1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup. 2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also {highboy}. 3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: highboy n : a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs [syn: {tallboy}]
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