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tall·boy

 (tôl′boi′)
n. Chiefly British
A highboy.
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tallboy

(ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ)
n
1. (Furniture) a high chest of drawers made in two sections and placed one on top of the other; chest-on-chest
2. (Building) a fitting on the top of a chimney to prevent downdraughts
[C18: from tall + boy]
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tall•boy

(ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ)

n.
a. a highboy.
b. a chest-on-chest.
[1670–80]
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tallboy

1. highboy
2. A double chest of drawers, with one section standing on top of the other.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tallboy - a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legstallboy - a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
chest of drawers, dresser, bureau, chest - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
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Translations

tallboy

[ˈtɔːlbɔɪ] N (Brit) → cómoda f alta
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tallboy

[ˈtɔːlbɔɪ] n (British)grande commode ftall order ngageure ftall ship ngrand voilier mtall story tall tale nhistoire f à dormir debout
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tallboy

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tallboy

[ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ] n (Brit) → cassettone m alto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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There were some good pieces in the room, including an ancient tallboy in fruity mahogany, every drawer of which was turned out on the bed without avail.
It grew from the wildcat "Tallboy PPC" (center) that grew from a PPC (left).
He opened the Wee Man's Kitchen at the Tallboy & Moose pub in 2017.
He went on to work extensively in television, appearing as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1975 BBC series The Legend Of Robin Hood, as Thomas Doughty in TV film Drake's Venture and as Mr Tallboy in the 1973 adaptation of Dorothy L Sayers' Murder Must Advertise.
He is a giggling burnout supreme with an ever-present PBR tallboy, who you suspect might be homeless, or at least veering toward that state.
By this time, the legendary British weapons inventor Barnes Wallis had perfected his five-ton Tallboy bomb.
27 -- By now, the theory that Maruti Suzuki will launch an electric version of the popular tallboy Wagon R for the Indian market sometime in 2020 is fairly well established.
In fact, it was a ground-penetrating 12,000lb tallboy bomb that brought the project to an end just weeks before it was due to go fully operational.
It began selling 24 ounce "tallboy" cans of tea for the same price as smaller bottles of competitors' products, and with 99 on the can the small neighborhood grocery stores where the brand got its start could not raise the price.
The all new Santro is based on the six key pillars - Modern Stylish Tallboy design, Comfortable and Premium Cabin, New Age technology, Customer Centric Safety, All Round Performance and Complete Peace of Mind, to become a Game Changer and Benchmark Product in the Indian Auto Industry."

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