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

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Example Sentences

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lowboy

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

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 W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner

The companion piece to our lowboy has been lost sight of, but the type is well known.

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Joseph Breck

She hung the evening gown she had worn all day in the locker, laid her toilet articles on the dresser, and set the brass hand warmer on the lowboy.

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

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