Lady Godiva

noun

A fiver; a five-pound note.

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Meanings

nounLady Godiva (plural Lady Godivas)

plural Lady Godivas

  1. CockneyslangA fiver; a five-pound note.

    Equipped with what the Londoners called a Lady Godiva, which was Bongo's last five-pound note, Kurt took the Tube to Notting Hill.

    2017, Al Gromer Khan, Kurt and Bongo and the Hippies

Origin

See Godiva.

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APA

Lady Godiva. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Godiva

MLA

“Lady Godiva.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Godiva. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lady Godiva,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Godiva.

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