单词 | tallboy |
释义 | tallboy[ tawl-boi ] / ˈtɔlˌbɔɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tallboy ON THESAURUS.COM nounEnglish Furniture.
a tall chimney pot. a tall-stemmed goblet. a 16- or 24-ounce (454- or 680-gram) can containing a beverage, especially beer. (initial capital letter)Military. a 12,000-pound (5400-kilogram) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating. Origin of tallboyFirst recorded in 1670–80; tall + boy Words nearby tallboyTalladega, tallage, Tallahassee, Tallahatchie, Tall Blacks, tallboy, tall buttercup, tall-case clock, Tallchief, tall drink, tallet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tallboyBritish Dictionary definitions for tallboytallboy / (ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ) / nouna high chest of drawers made in two sections and placed one on top of the other; chest-on-chest a fitting on the top of a chimney to prevent downdraughts Word Origin for tallboyC18: from tall + boy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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