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How old is the phrase "in Conventry" or "sent ... Written by Adrian (5/17/2007 1:01 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, The phrase struck me this reading too, penned by JulieW

...to Coventry" been used to mean being excluded or incommunicado? Could Mrs. Bennet have been trying to find or create a parallel?

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Some vocabulary questions Line (5/13/2007 7:09 p.m.)

Form Jill Sz (5/14/2007 3:04 p.m.)
- Thanks, Jill! (nfm) Line (5/14/2007 5:46 p.m.)
Curious about York too... Moni (5/14/2007 3:38 a.m.)
- In the Annotated Version Emmy (5/17/2007 1:18 a.m.)
  - The phrase struck me this reading too JulieW (5/17/2007 2:44 a.m.)
    - How old is the phrase "in Conventry" or "sent ... Adrian (5/17/2007 1:01 p.m.)
- York as an unimaginably far away place Kathi (5/14/2007 7:04 a.m.)
  - Thank you Kathi, Silvia O (5/17/2007 9:22 p.m.)
  - Thanks, Kathi ;-) (nfm) Moni (5/14/2007 11:48 a.m.)

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