high·boy
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Definition of highboy
: a tall chest of drawers with a legged base
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But whereas Johnson specialized in imagery meant to shock and titillate—typified by his AT&T Building of 1977–1984 in New York, a cartoon Chippendale highboy—Pei favored iconography that aimed to soothe and impress.
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Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, "I.M. Pei: Establishment Modernism Lite," 24 May 2019
While across the hall stands a highboy with spindle legs that give away its age - sometime in the early 1700s.
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Joan Hunt, Courant Community, "Holidays Celebrated At Kellogg-Eddy House," 21 Dec. 2017
There was a stellar American highboy that came from her grandfather for the living room.
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Carrie Nieman Culpepper, House Beautiful, "Markham Roberts on Mixing Old and New," 4 Nov. 2013
Its main entrance, slapped onto the building's front, is a giant highboy.
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Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Does new Chicago Apple store resemble a laptop? It wouldn't be the first building to hawk a product.," 23 June 2017
Add personal lifestyle objects: On a Craftsman highboy in the bedroom, Palmer has men's collar holders and painted glass jars that held cosmetics.
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Susan Green, OregonLive.com, "Portland-area pets for adoption July 11 (photos)," 11 July 2017
Broken English The taqueria's new Lincoln Park location has a dog-friendly patio seating 100 people at a mix of highboys and picnic tables.
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Adam Lukach And Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com, "100-plus Chicago patios and rooftops for summer eating and drinking," 12 May 2017
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“Highboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highboy. Accessed 8 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of highboy was in 1891
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