No girls attracted to end of ancient furniture items? (8)

I believe the answer is:

tallboys

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'furniture items?' is the definition.
(tallboy is a type of chest of drawers)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for tallboys that I've seen before include "furniture" , "High chests of drawers in two sections" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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