Definition of Tallboys. Meaning of Tallboys. Synonyms of Tallboys

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Definition of Tallboys

Tallboy
Tallboy Tall"boy`, n. 1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup. 2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also highboy. 3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

Meaning of Tallboys from wikipedia

- three direct hits with Tallboys without loss. 4 July 1944 – Saint-Leu-d'Esserent 617 Squadron used seventeen Lancasters with Tallboys, supported by one Mosquito...
- report recorded six hits by Tallboys, the two Grand Slams and the other Tallboys landing in the water. The six Tallboys had penetrated the roof part...
- Look up Tallboy or tallboy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tallboy or tall boy may refer to: Tallboy (bomb), a British deep penetration earthquake...
- the fictional country home of Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife Harriet Tallboy (disambiguation) This page lists people with the surname Tailboys. If an...
- p. 373. Look up highboy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to tallboy. Tallboys and the like. 1913[dead link‍]...
- Rottingdean is a village in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. It borders the villages of Saltdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean...
- Håkøya Island outside Tromsø. Thirty-two Lancasters attacked the ship with Tallboys during Operation Obviate. As on Operation Paravane, No. 9 Squadron and...
- On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger...
- effect similar to the underground detonation of the later Grand Slam and Tallboy earthquake bombs, both of which he also invented. After the outbreak of...
- contradistinction to (and designed to match) the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers. Lowboys and tallboys were favorite pieces of the 18th century, both...