/tawl"boy'/ , n.
1. Eng. Furniture.
a. a chest of drawers supported by a low stand. Cf. highboy .
b. a chest-on-chest.
2. a tall chimney pot.
3. a tall-stemmed goblet.
4. ( cap. ) Mil. a 12,000-pound (5400 kg) British bomb of World War II, designed to penetrate the target or plunge deep into the ground before detonating.
[ 1670-80; TALL + BOY ]