Tallboy
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Tallboy or tall boy may refer to:
- Tallboy (furniture)Tallboy (furniture)A tallboy is a piece of furniture incorporating a double chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy is similar but consists of both upper and lower having drawers, many of which may not be doubled, and some of which were tripled...
, a piece of furniture incorporating a chest of drawers and a wardrobe - Tallboy bombTallboy bombThe Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb, was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and deployed by the RAF in 1944...
, was a deep penetration earthquake bomb designed by Barnes Wallis - A type of sail known as a spankerSpanker (sail)A spanker is either of two kinds of sail.On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the driver sail. Some also carry a topsail above the...
- In the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
it may refer to an oversize canBeverage canA beverage can is a tin can designed to hold a specific portion of a beverage. Beverage cans are made of tin-plated steel or aluminium.- History :...
of beerBeerBeer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
, typically 24 or 16 U.S. fluid ounces.