Usually means: Tall, narrow dresser or beer.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word tallboy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tallboy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tallboy: Merriam-Webster
  3. tallboy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tallboy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tallboy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tallboy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tallboy, tallboy: Wordnik
  8. Tallboy, tallboy: Wiktionary
  9. tallboy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tallboy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. tallboy: Dictionary.com
  12. tallboy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Tallboy (bomb), Tallboy (disambiguation), Tallboy (furniture), Tallboy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. tallboy: Rhymezone
  15. Tallboy: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. tallboy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. tallboy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. tallboy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tallboy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See tallboys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
noun:  (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
noun:  (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
noun:  A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
noun:  A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
noun:  (military, historical) An earthquake bomb developed for the British Armed Forces and deployed by the RAF during World War II.

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