- tallboy (n.)
[tallboy 词源字典]
- also tall-boy, "high-stemmed glass or goblet," 1670s, from tall + boy, though the exact signification is unclear. In reference to a high chest of drawers it is recorded from 1769, here perhaps a partial loan-translation of French haut bois, literally "high wood."[tallboy etymology, tallboy origin, 英语词源]