glory box
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noun
Australian and NZ informal a box in which a young woman stores clothes, etc, in preparation for marriage
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby glory box
gloriosa, gloriosa lily, glorious, Glorious Revolution, glory, glory box, glory hole, glory-of-the-snow, glory-of-the-sun, glory-pea, Glos
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