Definition of highboy
: a tall chest of drawers with a legged base
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While across the hall stands a highboy with spindle legs that give away its age - sometime in the early 1700s.
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There was a stellar American highboy that came from her grandfather for the living room.
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Its main entrance, slapped onto the building's front, is a giant highboy.
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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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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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First Known Use of highboy
1891
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