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highboy

[hahy-boi] / ˈhaɪˌbɔɪ /


NOUN
dresser
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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

At Richard Watson’s booth, one looked in vain for the wrinkly codger who produced an 18th-century-style highboy and accompanying stool.

From New York Times May 24, 2012

He opened drawer after drawer of her highboy.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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