Meaning billingsgate
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billingsgate1670s, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the Billingsgate market on the River Thames below London Bridge. Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase f [..]
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billingsgate(n) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
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billingsgateGate = quay, and bellan is to bawl or bellow. This quay is so called from the shouting of the fishermen in trying to attract attention and vend their fish.
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billingsgatecoarsely abusive language.
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billingsgate
profane, abusive language; coarse words
''You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.''
* Saintsbury
*: These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents [..]
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