glory box

British

noun

informal a box in which a young woman stores clothes, etc, in preparation for marriage

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Portishead put themselves on the map with a mesmerising version of Glory Box in 1994.

From BBC

Colman has provided vocals on a cover of Portishead's Glory Box, with Waller-Bridge backing her up on the ukulele.

From BBC

As long as they’re not trying to make Beth out to be singing some kind of sexy song, which always used to happen with “Glory Box.”

From New York Times

There was always some kind of producer saying, “Yeah, we want to use ‘Glory Box’ over this scene.”

From New York Times

I was in the cinema, watching it, there’s basically, a sex scene and it was my guitar solo off “Glory Box.”

From New York Times

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