tallboy
pronunciation
How to pronounce tallboy in British English:
UK [ˈtɔ:lbɔɪ]
How to pronounce tallboy in American English:
US [ˈtɔːlbɔɪ]
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- Noun:
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
Word Origin
- tallboy (n.)
- also tall-boy, "high-stemmed glass or goblet," 1670s, from tall + boy, though the exact signification is unclear. In reference to a high chest of drawers it is recorded from 1769, here perhaps a partial loan-translation of French haut bois, literally "high wood."