"highboy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: highboys [plural]
Etymology: See high and lowboy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|high}} high, {{m|en|lowboy}} lowboy Head templates: {{en-noun}} highboy (plural highboys)
  1. A tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs. Translations (double-chest elevated on cabriole legs): скрин (skrin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), korkea lipasto (Finnish), ви́сока ко́мода (vísoka kómoda) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-highboy-en-noun-MhZfCORo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 23 3 Disambiguation of 'double-chest elevated on cabriole legs': 86 10 3
  2. (dated) One who enjoys the high life. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-highboy-en-noun-SaT7MmPe
  3. (dated) A political highflier. Tags: dated Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-highboy-en-noun-wmc-BteL Disambiguation of People: 23 23 55

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for highboy meaning in English (2.7kB)

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