Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS 648/1: Lady Godiva – five dollars.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog.
1979		R. Barker Fletcher’s Book of Rhy. Sl. 27: Take this Lady Godiva for your froth and bubble.
1985		Wheeler & Broadhead Upper Class Rhy. Sl. 44: Every week I like to put a Lady Godiva on the gee gees.
1989		R.G. Barrett Boys from Binjiwunyawunya 305: Fivers and tenners, eh. Lady Godivas and bricks we used to call them.
2002		K. Lucas ‘All my life I’ve wanted to be a Barrow Boy’ in Obfuscation News Apr. Issue 20 🌐 To you a Lady Godiva.