highboy
highboy noun: a tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
Noun
highboy (plural highboys)
- A tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
- mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles1897, Katharine Lee Bates, American Literature
- […] the well-known Pennsylvania "Highboy," which is only the English "Tallboy" double-chest elevated on cabriole legs […]1929 June, Herbert Cescinsky, “American furniture problems”, in The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, volume 54, number 315, page 313
- One who enjoys the high life.
- A political highflier.
highboy meaning in Tamil and Urdu
highboy in Tamil
- உயரமான கவின் பொருள் அலமாரி
highboy in Urdu
- اونچا صندوق
Forms of highboy
| plural | highboys |
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Origin of highboy
See high and lowboy.
Questions about highboy
- What does highboy mean?
- Highboy means a tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
- What is highboy in Tamil?
- Highboy in Tamil is உயரமான கவின் பொருள் அலமாரி. See Highboy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is highboy?
- Highboy is a noun.
- What is the plural of highboy?
- The plural of highboy is highboys.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: highboy (page history and authors); highboy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highboy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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