high-boy—(U.S.) a tall chest of drawers (often raised on legs), usually in two parts, one standing on the other:
- During the Queen Anne period in America, the highboy attained its characteristic form.
Cf.: lowboy—(U.S.) a low chest of drawers, about three feet high on short legs:
- This is a reproduction of a lowboy likely built in Rhode Island. The concave blocked center drawer presents an interesting relief.
tallboy—
1. = high-boy:
- He polished the mahogany tallboy, the legs and arms of the dining chairs; plumped up the blue and brown satin cushions.
2. (U.S. sl.) a sixteen ounce can of beer (.48 liter):
- They don’t sell tallboys at hockey stadiums any more as too many people were chucking them onto the ice.