coventry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Coventry
    n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from
         society by general consent); "the association should get
         rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course,
         but by Coventry" [syn: {banishment}, {ostracism},
         {Coventry}]
    2: 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n.
   A town in the county of Warwick, England.
   [1913 Webster]

   {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out
      from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.

   {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at
      Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.
      [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Coventry, CT
  Zip code(s): 06238
Coventry, RI
  Zip code(s): 02816
Coventry, VT
  Zip code(s): 05825

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