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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), noun A town in the county of Warwick, England.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Coventry
noun
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}]
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Coventry, CT Zip code(s): 06238 Coventry, RI Zip code(s): 02816 Coventry, VT Zip code(s): 05825
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