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  • proper noun A town in Northamptonshire, England

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Examples

  • When a freak accident causes their video game to release trolls and other monsters through a portal into their hometown of Daventry Hills, the virtual clansmen must band together for real in order to save humanity.

    5 Reasons Cartoon Network's Level Up Will Make Viewers Say "Huzzah!" 2011

  • There's no joy in driving the M1's full length, unless your destination is a happy one, but the sight of things such as the radio masts at Daventry or the point, by junction 19, where the lights are replaced by darkness are memories most people share.

    In praise of … the M1 | Editorial 2011

  • Tory-held Stratford-upon-Avon and Daventry both have only one person on job seekers' allowance for every vacancy, the lowest rate in the UK.

    Ministers don't see plight of jobless, says TUC 2011

  • When they stopped near nightfall at an inn just outside Daventry that Jarret had said was recommended to him, she watched as he arranged two rooms—one for him and another for Sissy, Geordie, and her.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • When they stopped near nightfall at an inn just outside Daventry that Jarret had said was recommended to him, she watched as he arranged two rooms—one for him and another for Sissy, Geordie, and her.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • The alligator at the Daventry market came right out of an account I read of an English town market in this period.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • The alligator at the Daventry market came right out of an account I read of an English town market in this period.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • The alligator at the Daventry market came right out of an account I read of an English town market in this period.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • When they stopped near nightfall at an inn just outside Daventry that Jarret had said was recommended to him, she watched as he arranged two rooms—one for him and another for Sissy, Geordie, and her.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • I know the new South Northamptonshire will be safe for the tories ... what about the new Daventry?

    Another Senior Tory MP to Stand Down 2006

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