highboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of highboy
Example Sentences
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You’d have to add room in your highboy to accommodate all the top-drawer talent prowling the Eisenhower Theater, where director Marc Bruni’s sterling production runs only through Sunday.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
Throughout the first act, Julia is preoccupied with the idea of selling Grandmother Wentworth's highboy to an antiques dealer so she can use the money to fund a trip to Paris.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2018
Thrift stores affiliated with animal shelters are especially good—people will donate a Queen Anne highboy or 1st edition of “On the Road” because they love animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018
Having slipped a check into the drawer of a highboy still for sale, the buyer began to arrange the details of delivery, admitting that he was not entirely sure how to use his cellphone.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2012
He opened drawer after drawer of her highboy.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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