lowboy

American  

[loh-boi] / ˈloʊˌbɔɪ /

noun

U.S. Furniture.

1. a low chest of drawers on short legs, resembling the lower part of a highboy.

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lowboy British  

/ ˈləʊˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a table fitted with drawers

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Etymology

Origin of lowboy

First recorded in 1705–15; low ¹ + boy

Example Sentences

Turner’s lowboy fridge sits on the hardwood floor in the family’s dining room.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022

There’s a lowboy display case with some frozen items, and the meager shelf space is stocked with jars and cans, but there’s only one reason shoppers visit Staubitz Market: meat.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2017

And, here, is a lowboy, with the shell and the fluted columns, and the cabriole legs, carved on the knees, and the claw and ball feet.

From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.

On the panel over the lowboy was a small painting, a foot broad and a foot and a half long.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

"I shall have to get Fergus to pry open the drawer of the lowboy," said Grandmother.

From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Grabo, Carl Henry