Etymo
31.8.10
A sequence of events which happened during what is portrayed in the painting gave rise to an english phrase which we know today... what ?Peeping Tom
cupidcobra1 is spot on.
A sequence of events which happened during what is portrayed in the painting gave rise to an english phrase which we know today... what ?2 comments:
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mokkaichino said...:
perfect...except for the fact that Tom is only a placeholder name and not the actual name of the man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva
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The picture in question is that of one Lady Godiva, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom had watched her ride and was struck blind or dead.