highboy

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Throughout the first act, Julia is preoccupied with the idea of selling Grandmother Wentworth's highboy to an antiques dealer so she can use the money to fund a trip to Paris.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2018

The Great Chamber bedroom features cushioned window seats, a lovely canopy bed with yellow valances highlighted in red and green, and a wooden highboy.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

Thrift stores affiliated with animal shelters are especially good—people will donate a Queen Anne highboy or 1st edition of “On the Road” because they love animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2018

Having slipped a check into the drawer of a highboy still for sale, the buyer began to arrange the details of delivery, admitting that he was not entirely sure how to use his cellphone.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2012

A Philadelphia highboy had been moved out into the hall, and, together with Mrs. Glass’s person, it blocked Zooey’s passage.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger