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highboy

noun as in bureau

noun as in chest of drawers

noun as in dresser

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Here, table, highboy chairs, and screen—mahogany, cherry, teak—looked nervous and disproportioned.

When Hortense and Highboy entered, only the embers of the fire were left on the hearth in Grandmother's room.

"Hello," said Highboy, and at once Lowboy's eyes opened wide and both the Firedogs growled.

Hortense and Highboy crept quietly to their room while the others disappeared below.

Quickly unclasping the charm, she reached down to Highboy and said, "Swallow this, quick!"

It was so late that Fergus had no time to see to the drawers which refused to open in the lowboy and the highboy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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