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Word: godiva (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Peter Arno, caricaturist (covers for the New Yorker), has a small daughter, Patricia. Last week she was vaccinated on the sole of her foot. Reason given by her mother, Lois Long ("Lipstick") Arno: ''Even if she becomes a second Lady Godiva, no one will think of finding a vaccination scar there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 10, 1929 | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

Elected. Right Rev. Dr. William Temple, 47, Bishop of Manchester, descendant of Lady Godiva of Coventry and remotely related by marriage with the family of King George; to be Archbishop of York, succeeding Most Rev. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, newly-enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Philosophized the Lt. Col. Reginald V. K. Applin: "A woman loses her dignity when she parts with her hair. The beautiful story of Lady Godiva becomes coarse and unthinkable if we try to imagine her as riding without her long golden locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Jun. 4, 1928 | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...hear about the Lady Godiva stunt a girl is going to pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...What's that-Lady Godiva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

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