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

This contained an exquisite Colonial four-poster, with a lowboy and dresser to match, and was papered and carpeted in accordance with these, its chief ornaments.

From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White

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

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

It was so late that Fergus had no time to see to the drawers which refused to open in the lowboy and the highboy.

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

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