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glory box

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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

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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.”

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

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

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