Glorious First of June.

June 1st, 1794, when Lord Howe, who commanded the Channel fleet, gained a decisive victory over the French.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Glencoe
Glendoveor
Glendower (Owen)
Glim
Globe of Glass (Reynard’s)
Gloria
Gloria in Excelsis
Gloriana. (Queen Elizabeth considered as a sovereign.)
Glorious John
Glorious First of June
Glorious Uncertainty of the Law (The)
Glory
Glory Demon (The)
Glory Hand
Glory be to the Father
Glossin (Lawyer)
Gloucester
Glove
Glove
Glove Money