tallboy
See also: Tallboy
English
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editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittallboy (plural tallboys)
- (furniture) 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 beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
- 2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- In her post, which was less than a minute long, she said that the company had sent her a tallboy can of Bud Light with her face on it. An image of the can was edited into the video.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
- A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.