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send to coventry

To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone.

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  • Some believe that the phrase dates from the English Civil War, when a military prison was located in that city. Others say it dates from the 18th century, when Coventry was the nearest town to London that lay outside the jurisdiction of the Bow Street Runners and so London criminal s would flee to Coventry to escape arrest.
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The group decided to send to Coventry the unpopular members.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

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