- Look up
Tallboy or
tallboy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tallboy or tall boy may
refer to:
Tallboy (bomb), a
British deep
penetration earthquake...
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Tallboy or Bomb,
Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb was an
earthquake bomb
developed by the
British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal...
- A
tallboy is a
piece of
furniture incorporating a
chest of
drawers and a
wardrobe on top. A
highboy consists of
double chest of
drawers (a chest-on-chest)...
- of the
Second World War. The bomb was
originally called Tallboy Large until the term
Tallboy got into the
press and the code name was
replaced by "Grand...
- On a
square rigged ship, the
spanker is a gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the
aftmost mast.
Spankers are also
called driver, jigger...
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Wallis made
bombs based on the "earthquake bomb concept", such as the 6-ton
Tallboy and then the 10-ton
Grand Slam,
although these were
never dropped from...
- is "murder your thirst". The
drink is sold in a 16.9 US fl oz (500 ml) "
tallboy"
drink can and a 19.2 US fl oz (570 ml) can. As of 2023, its
water is canned...
- 1944,
British Lancaster bombers equipped with 12,000-pound (5,400 kg) "
Tallboy"
bombs scored two
direct hits and a near miss
which caused the ship to...
- torpedoes,
naval mines, and
depth charges,
Torpex was only used in the Upkeep,
Tallboy and
Grand Slam
bombs as well as the
drones emplo**** in
Operation Aphrodite...
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further development of the
concept initiated with the
United Kingdom's
Tallboy and
Grand Slam
weapons developed by
British aeronautical engineer Barnes...
