Definition of "tallboy" []

• Chiefly British A highboy. (noun)

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• "While I'm by no means a snob in socio-economic matters - I myself am one Stag tallboy and a quart jug of Kool-ickles away from the stereotype of the trailer park lifestyle - the condition of the neighborhood was one of the primary reasons why we moved."
• "Carl finished a tallboy and piled his change into silvery stacks: seventeen quarters, enough for both the jukebox and dryers."
• "Beer can go high or low; we can gather 'round a six-pack, or something special brought up from the cellar; we can knock it back in a tallboy, or savor it in a snifter."