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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Wife of Leofric (968-1057), Earl of Mercia. She is said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry to persuade her husband to lower the town's taxes.

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  • noun according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)

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Examples

  • Godiva is having another of their “free truffle breaks” tomorrow (11/19) from 5-7pm.

    Free Chocolate Truffle Alert | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009

  • But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who’ll go the distance with you.

    Matthew Yglesias » Dunkin Coffee 2009

  • But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who’ll go the distance with you.

    Matthew Yglesias » Thoughtful 2008

  • Today in a special Valentine’s Day variation of this trait, they pronounced the word Godiva as guh-dee-va!

    sa-land Diary Entry sa-land 2002

  • Those who don't need their style spoon-fed to them will dig the Rochester institution known as Godiva's (653 South Ave, 244-3370), which is packed with great vintage clothing and accessories, choice secondhand duds, as well as cool military surplus.

    Rochester City Newspaper Jen Graney 2009

  • It didn't give any financial details of its arrangement with Godiva, which is based in New York.

    Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2009

  • She could never quite manage the indelicacy of saying "Godiva," whatever Mrs. Plaistow's figure and age might happen to be, but always addressed her as "Diva," very affectionately, whenever they were on speaking terms.

    Miss Mapp 1903

  • From the firmness of its drawing, and the depth and singular purity of its colour, "Godiva" stood, if we judge aright, as at once a great performance and a great pledge.

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

  • After this, we may less esteem the feat by which in "Godiva" he describes the clock striking mid-day: --

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

  • There is a charm in Tennyson's "Godiva" or his "Enoch Arden" beyond the reach of mere art; it is found in the noble spirit of the heroine who replies to the taunt of her husband, --

    Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism 1891

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