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Definition of Lowboy
1. Noun. A low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs.
Definition of Lowboy
1. n. A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed.
Definition of Lowboy
1. Noun. A low chest of drawers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lowboy
1. a low chest of drawers [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowboy
Literary usage of Lowboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720: Including Colonial Utensils and by Wallace Nutting (1921)
"The lowboy was bought not far from Boston. Eastern New England was very rich in
... The lowboy here is 29^ inches high; the frame is i8^2 by 3i^2 inches; ..."
2. Connecticut at the World's Fair: Report of the Commissioners from by Connecticut, Charles Phelps, Frank L. Wilcox, Joseph H. Vaill (1906)
"310 lowboy—mahogany with Spanish feet—1730-1750 311 CLAW AND BALL FOOT TIP TABLE—
1750 312 KETTLE DRUM, OAK BUREAU — Seventeenth Century 313 lowboy — maple ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"... for a drop-front desk, $440 for a Hogarth chair settee, 8265 for a Chippendale
lowboy, §260 for a Colonial sofa and $300 for six Colonial chairs. ..."
4. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"... the lower part of which is a lowboy upon which is placed a slant-top desk with
one long drawer. The inside is plain, with drawers and pigeon-holes. ..."
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