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Definition of highboy in English: highboynoun ˈhʌɪbɔɪˈhaɪˌbɔɪ North American A tall chest of drawers on legs. 〈北美〉有脚的高五斗橱 Example sentencesExamples - At the same time, in nearby Philadelphia, dishonest cabinetmakers were making elaborately carved scrolled top highboys and chests-on-chests from plain flat top ones.
- The purchase included a ‘New England hooked rug,’ a mirror, a picture of George Washington, and a lot of maple and walnut furniture - four beds, one highboy, one lowboy and five tables.
- The overstuffed chairs, the curtains, the rice-carved bed, the highboy, the bath fixtures, all evoked a sense of that decorous, long-past era.
- She peeked inside the trunk first, but it was empty. Ditto the highboys. The wardrobe, though was half-full of what appeared to be very, very old winter coats.
- For instance, the undersides of the bottom drawers of a highboy will be darker than those of the upper drawers.
Definition of highboy in US English: highboynounˈhaɪˌbɔɪˈhīˌboi North American A tall chest of drawers on legs. 〈北美〉有脚的高五斗橱 Example sentencesExamples - The purchase included a ‘New England hooked rug,’ a mirror, a picture of George Washington, and a lot of maple and walnut furniture - four beds, one highboy, one lowboy and five tables.
- The overstuffed chairs, the curtains, the rice-carved bed, the highboy, the bath fixtures, all evoked a sense of that decorous, long-past era.
- At the same time, in nearby Philadelphia, dishonest cabinetmakers were making elaborately carved scrolled top highboys and chests-on-chests from plain flat top ones.
- She peeked inside the trunk first, but it was empty. Ditto the highboys. The wardrobe, though was half-full of what appeared to be very, very old winter coats.
- For instance, the undersides of the bottom drawers of a highboy will be darker than those of the upper drawers.
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