Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
snip-snap-snorem .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A town in the county of Warwick, England.
- noun to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.
- noun blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Banishment.
- proper noun An
industrial city in centralEngland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
- noun an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
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Examples
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I lived for three years, in Coventry and was a council candidate during that time in Bob Ainsworth's constituency.
Bob Ainsworth - A sign of desperation by the government Norfolk Blogger 2009
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It looks as if around 75% of Becta's 200-strong workforce will face redundancy, and in Coventry, that's an all-too familiar story.
Spending review 2010: living with the cuts John Harris 2010
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How I wish I could go to the UK Ravelry jamboree in Coventry in June!
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Hope you enjoyed your time in Coventry, for all its faults I love it.
Bob Ainsworth - A sign of desperation by the government Norfolk Blogger 2009
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My local butcher in Coventry liked to tell me that whole roads were condemned by the Council as "bomb damaged", so they could pull them down instead of repairing the medieval buildings in order to build the ringroad!
Bob Ainsworth - A sign of desperation by the government Norfolk Blogger 2009
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There were double-digit increases in Coventry, north Wales, Teesside and at the Liverpool Echo.
Local papers on the up and up? Consider the reality, not the hype Roy Greenslade 2010
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It wasn't really indie, it was B-Side in Coventry (near The Grog Shop).
Tweets For Today tragic_elegance 2009
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How I wish I could go to the UK Ravelry jamboree in Coventry in June!
Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009
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I lived for three years, in Coventry and was a council candidate during that time in Bob Ainsworth's constituency.
Archive 2009-06-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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“This book helped me create my identity,” said Naina Syed, 14, a high school freshman in Coventry, Conn.
Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book 2008
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