billingsgate
coarsely or vulgarly abusive language.
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How to use billingsgate in a sentence
Another night we went together over to the Queen's Shades, near billingsgate.
There is a keen pleasure you wot not of, my lad, in listening to billingsgate and Spitalfields howl maledictions upon you.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillThe practice is only a modification of billingsgate, cover it with what elegant device we may.
It is not yet quite a score of years since the present billingsgate Market was completed.
billingsgate fought that hard battle against royalty with great resolution, and ultimately won.
British Dictionary definitions for billingsgate (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡeɪt) /
obscene or abusive language
Origin of billingsgate
1British Dictionary definitions for Billingsgate (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪlɪŋɡzˌɡeɪt) /
the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
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