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tallboy
CIDE DICTIONARY
tallboy, n.
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tallboy, n. a tall chest of drawers sometimes in lower and upper sections or mounted on legs.
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