glory box

== English == === Alternative forms === glory-box === Etymology === Probably related to UK dialect glory hole (“place for storing odds and ends”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === glory box (plural glory boxes) (Australia, New Zealand) A woman's storage box containing items saved for her wedding or married life. [From 1915.] 1985, Janet McCalman, Struggletown: Public and Private Life in Richmond, 1900-1965, Melbourne University Press, 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 ==== bottom drawer hope chest (US) === See also === trousseau === References ===