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tallboy
(encz) | tallboy,vysoký prádelník Zdeněk Brož |
Tallboy
(gcide) | Tallboy \Tall"boy`\, n.
1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
tallboy
(gcide) | Highboy \High"boy`\, n.
1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near
or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often
divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower
section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a
tallboy. Compare lowboy. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys
glittering with brass handles." --K. L. Bates.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
tallboy
(wn) | tallboy
n 1: a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and
supported on four legs [syn: highboy, tallboy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Tallboy
(gcide) | Tallboy \Tall"boy`\, n.
1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Highboy \High"boy`\, n.
1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near
or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often
divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower
section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a
tallboy. Compare lowboy. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys
glittering with brass handles." --K. L. Bates.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
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