tallboy

tallboy
/tawl"boy'/, n.
1. Eng. Furniture.
a. a chest of drawers supported by a low stand. Cf. highboy.
b. a chest-on-chest.
2. a tall chimney pot.
3. a tall-stemmed goblet.
4. (cap.) Mil. a 12,000-pound (5400 kg) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating.
[1670-80; TALL + BOY]

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