glory box
noun [C usually singular] Australian EnglishDefinition
› clothes, sheets, etc. that a young woman traditionally collects for use after she is married → Compare bottom drawerGroups and collections of thingsVariety and mixtures
(Definition of glory box noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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