Definition of TALLBOY

tallboy

Plural: tallboys

Noun

  • A high chest of drawers, often on legs.
  • a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
  • 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.
  • A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
  • A kind of sail, a spanker.
  • A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
  • A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

Examples

  • After winning Words With Friends, he stored his tiles in a tiny TALLBOY.

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).

Synonyms

highboy

Scrabble Score: 12

tallboy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tallboy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tallboy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

tallboy: valid Words With Friends Word