highboy, tallboy
(noun) a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tallboy (plural tallboys)
A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
(US) A tall can of beer, either 16 ounces or one half litre.
(nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
Tallboy (countable and uncountable, plural Tallboys)
(military, historical) An earthquake bomb developed for the British Armed Forces and deployed by the RAF during World War II.
Source: Wiktionary
Tall"boy`, n.
1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also highboy.
3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
