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billingsgate

[ bil-ingz-geytor, especially British, -git ]

noun

  1. coarsely or vulgarly abusive language.

    Synonyms: vilification, vulgarity, scurrility, invective, vituperation



billingsgate

1

/ ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡeɪt /

noun

  1. obscene or abusive language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Billingsgate

2

/ ˈbɪlɪŋɡzˌɡeɪt /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billingsgate1

First recorded in 1645–55; originally the kind of speech often heard at Billingsgate, a London fish market at the gate of the same name
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billingsgate1

C17: after Billingsgate , which was notorious for such language
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Example Sentences

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.

The 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.

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