Definition of "highboy" [high•boy]

• A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs. (noun)

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• "He went to the lower drawer of a tall "highboy" and, from the tumbled mass of apparel therein took one of his own night garments."
• "Anyways, comment away please - We are thinking of getting the "highboy" style and the 3 drawer style .... and of course they don't come in coordinating colours so we are thinking of getting one black and the other white (please comment if you think that's crazy too!)"
• "Sotheby's chest of drawers, or highboy, has spent the past 255 years with the New England heirs of Lt. Col."