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coventry

(n): the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
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10 months ago Misterpolly said:

"Sent to Coventry" = ostracised. Has anyone got any idea about why Coventry is afforded this unhappy connotation? I would send people to places like Stoke-on-Trent or Slough.

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