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A line drawing of a piece of furniture with several drawers
A lowboy chest.
A large truck on a trailer
A lowboy carrying a truck.
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Etymology

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Possibly fromlow +Frenchbois(“wood”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lowboy (plurallowboys)

  1. (furniture) A lowchest of drawers.
    Coordinate term:tallboy
  2. (trucking) Asemi-trailer designed for haulingvehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops indeckheight: one right after thegooseneck and one right before thewheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.
    Synonyms:float,low loader
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy,Suttree, Random House, page155:
      Before the grave was half filled a truck entered the cemetery gates towing alowboy with a tractor chained to the bed.
  3. (music) A precursor to thehi-hat drum, with a pair of cymbals low to the ground that are struck with a foot pedal.

Translations

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A low chest of drawers
low-loading semi trailer
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