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LADY GODIVA

Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, the Earl of Mercia and Lord of Coventry who, in 1040, imposed certain exactions upon his tenants, which his lady besought him to remove. The Earl said he would remove them, but only if his wife rode naked through the town. This she duly did, and the earl kept his promise. According to legend, the entire towns folk staid indoors during the ride, except for a single tailor who looked through his windows as the lady passed. From the Taylor we get the expression of a peeping Tom, or more fully a peeping Tom of Coventry.
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JOAN COLLINS

Joan Collins is an English actress. She was born in 1933 at London. Her film debut was a bit part in the 1951 'Lady Godiva Rides Again' in which she played a beauty contest contestant, before starring in the 1954 'Our Girl Friday'.
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LADY GODIVA

Lady Godiva is London Cockney rhyming slang for a five pound note (fiver).
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