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nounaccording 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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- coventry 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