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noun U.S. Furniture.
a tall chest of drawers on legs.
Also called high chest.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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Highboy
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highboy
a high or double chest of drawers (known technically as a chest-on-stand and a chest-on-chest, respectively). The name highboy is derived from a corruption of the French bois ("wood") and became common in English in the late 1600s.
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