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Difference between High-boy and Tallboy

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.