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glory boxes

glory boxes is the plural of glory box.

Meaning of glory box

Noun

glory box (plural glory boxes)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A woman's storage box containing items saved for her wedding or married life.
    • Every girl who hoped to marry had started early on her glory box, sewing and embroidering household linen, buying sheets and towels on cash order.1985, Janet McCalman, Struggletown: Public and Private Life in Richmond, 1900-1965, Melbourne University Press, page 148

Questions about glory boxes

What is glory boxes the plural of?
Glory boxes is the plural of glory box.

Words near glory boxes in the dictionary

  1. Glorithverse
  2. Glorvina
  3. glory
  4. glory be
  5. glory box
  6. glory boxes
  7. glory boy
  8. glory boys
  9. glory bush
  10. glory days
  11. glory hole

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