glory box

Etymology
Probably related to UK dialect.

Noun

 * 1)  A lady’s storage box containing items saved for her wedding or married life.
 * 2) * 1985, Janet McCalman, Struggletown: Public and Private Life in Richmond, 1900-1965, Melbourne University Press, |%22glory+boxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22glory+box%22|%22glory+boxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PdFdT-SMIonLmAWn-eiiCw&redir_esc=y page 148,
 * 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.

Synonyms

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