Highboy

Word HIGHBOY
Character 7
Hyphenation high boy
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Highboy"

What do we mean by highboy?

A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs. noun

An extreme Tory and High-churchman, supposed to favor Jacobitism. noun

A tall chest of drawers supported on legs from 18 inches to 2 feet high. Those on shorter legs are called low-boys. noun

One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer. noun

A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a tallboy. Compare lowboy. 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. noun

A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs noun

A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs.

One who enjoys the high life.

A political highflier.

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The word "highboy" in example sentences

He went to the lower drawer of a tall "highboy" and, from the tumbled mass of apparel therein took one of his own night garments. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

Anyways, comment away please - We are thinking of getting the "highboy" style and the 3 drawer style .... and of course they don't come in coordinating colours so we are thinking of getting one black and the other white (please comment if you think that's crazy too!) ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sotheby's chest of drawers, or highboy, has spent the past 255 years with the New England heirs of Lt. Col. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sotheby's A 1756 highboy by John Townsend, set for auction by Sotheby's. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But still, dropping $20,000 on a highboy even if it is a good deal is scary. ❋ Sara Ruffin Costello (2011)

On a highboy in the corner of the dining room rests a handsome, black-and-white portrait of Jean, then a stunner in her early 20s, and James, clad in his Army uniform. ❋ Unknown (2010)

     Whatever the game, it all starts withfront; you've got to lookgood: the players wore gators and sharp sharkskin suits, or leather jackets and ban-lons, pimped highboy shirts with the wrap-around cufflinks, and thick-and-thin socks in all weather. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“So she would have been stuck as a china cabinet or a highboy instead,” the Doctor said. ❋ Amberfocus (2008)

Mary, would you set these up on my highboy where I can see them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lily stood in shadow between the bed and a highboy dresser. ❋ Kathy Reichs (2010)

In the corner nearest her, Loretta considered an impressive dark wood highboy, which she originally assumed held the dentist's stereo system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

AUCTIONSSellers 'Market It's probably too late to grab Grandma's valuable highboy and hustle it over to the early October furniture auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's in New York. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One favorite was "a solid cherry Goddard block front chest," he told the Chicago Tribune in 1989, referring to a classic American highboy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dax scrubbed a hand down his face, remembered the golden-haired beauty that was worth whatever it took to bring her back for good and uncovered the closest piece of furniture, a tall highboy dresser. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then he took the leather-bound photo albums off the highboy, grabbed the watercolor from the easel, and carried the load of stuff to the kitchen. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (2007)

Cass spied a very old, ornately carved wooden box perched on a highboy in the corner. ❋ Vanzura, Laurie (2006)

Combined with the breakfront, highboy, and settee that were also "done" deals, Nora was satisfied. ❋ Patterson, James (2005)

He glared at me, then ignored me until he'd made a tour to inspect three pieces, a highboy chest, a writing desk, and that Morbier clock I told you about -- the one you're buying me for our anniversary tomorrow. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The large outline of the highboy to my right was absent; the towering Morbier clock at the front of the store was gone; the perfect and polished congressman's writing desk had disappeared. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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