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Examples
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Authorities say the troopers were responding to reports of an early New Year's Day shooting inside the club, called Lady Godiva's Showgirls, that left two people injured.
WBAY Action 2 News 2009
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I think it was Robin Hood and Lady Godiva; I'm not sure.
At the Faire 2010
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Somewhere among Julius Caesar, Edgar Degas, Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga, the word "legacy" got hijacked.
Goodbye to the Clich 2010
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The sooner Madrid does a financial Lady Godiva, the better for Europe and the world economy.
The Spanish Front 2010
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Somewhere among Julius Caesar, Edgar Degas, Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga, the word 'legacy' got hijacked.
Goodbye to the Clich 2010
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It comes from the story of Lady Godiva, the English noblewoman who, according to legend, agreed to ride naked through the streets of Coventry in the interest of tax relief.
Our Pryin' Eyes 2009
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Cover the horse race, sure, but don't be like Lady Godiva, who put everything she had on a horse.
Jeffrey Scheuer: A Citizens' Bill of Rights for Better News Media 2008
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How long will this new feudalism go until Lady Godiva comes galloping through with an inspiration for a wake-up call?
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JERRY: Well, I hit the wall yesterday with Lady Godiva.
Archive 2007-02-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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JERRY: Well, I hit the wall yesterday with Lady Godiva.
"I heard that some other gyms are offering courses on 'pole-dancing' as a sport, so I thought: Why not bring something new to the market?" Ann Althouse 2007
TankHughes commented on the word Lady Godiva
As learned in Series 11 of Only Connect, Lady Godiva is Cockney rhyming slang for a fiver, i.e., £5.
November 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word Lady Godiva
Whereas most slang tends to brevity, one interesting thing about CRS is that sometimes the jargon is much longer than the term it replaces.
November 16, 2015