high-boy

As soon as mother had kissed her good night and left her, she pulled out the paper rustling importantly within her blouse, and laid it in the celluloid "treasure box" which sat on the high-boy.

Missy Dana Gatlin

And in spite of Caleb's remonstrance it was Sarah who saw him upstairs and into the huge guest-room with its four-poster and high-boy and spindle-backed chairs.

Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans

Missy liked those colours very much; then her eyes followed the beam of light to where it spun a prism of fairy colours on the mirror above the high-boy, and she liked that ecstatically.

Missy Dana Gatlin

_One high-boy_, or high chest of drawers for man -- In mahogany, walnut, or painted.

Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 Mrs W.B. Meloney 1941

Small rugs should be placed near the bed, dressing table, and high-boy.

Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 Mrs W.B. Meloney 1941

All but my mere flesh and bones had been conveniently stuffed into a two-hundred and fifty dollar high-boy!

The Fifth Wheel A Novel Olive Higgins Prouty 1928

I've picked up the stunningest high-boy you ever saw in your life.

The Fifth Wheel A Novel Olive Higgins Prouty 1928

There was no note of quaintness here; no high-boy, no heavy old mahogany drop-leaf table, no braided rugs or small-paned windows.

Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

A friend who caught me in this predicament showed me the other use to which the handles of high-boy drawers could be put.

The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922

They pulled out the long haircloth sofa, moved the spindle-legged old chairs into the dining-room, and carried out one by one the drawers from the high-boy in the corner.

The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918