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Definition of Highboy
1. Noun. A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
Definition of Highboy
1. n. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
Definition of Highboy
1. Noun. A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs, beginning with the simpler William and Mary style of the late 17th century, culminating in the late baroque 18th century Queen Anne style, progressing into the early Georgian style, with an ornate top and extensive carvings; sometimes called a tallboy. American examples are highly prized by collectors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highboy
1. a tall chest of drawers [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highboy
Literary usage of Highboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Unseen Guest (1920)
"The description of the up-stairs room carried mention of a fireplace and " a tall
sort of mahogany highboy," and sought to give the location of the ..."
2. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720: Including Colonial Utensils and by Wallace Nutting (1921)
"On page 81 is the most perfectly preserved old highboy the author has seen. ...
The highboy on page 83 is the only one we have seen with two small ..."
3. The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the by Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Henry Watson Kent, Florence Nightingale Levy (1909)
"Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood. CHEST OF DRAWERS. "highboy. ... "highboy." Frame of
table arched and shell carved in center; ..."
4. A Walloon Family in America: Lockwood de Forest and His Forbears 1500-1848 by Emily Johnston De Forest, Jesse De Forest (1914)
"This highboy still has in one of its drawers the inscription, ... Everything is
tenderly cared for and is perfect still except the highboy, which, alas, ..."
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