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billingsgate

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bil·lings·gate  (blngz-gt, -gt)
n.
Foul, abusive language.
[After Billingsgate, a former fish market in London, England.]
billingsgate [ˈbɪlɪŋzˌgeɪt]
n
obscene or abusive language
[after Billingsgate, which was notorious for such language]
Billingsgate [ˈbɪlɪŋgzˌgeɪt]
n
(Placename) the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site on the Isle of Dogs in 1982
billingsgate
coarse, vulgar, violent, or abusive language. [Allusion to the scurrilous language used in Billingsgate market, London.]
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Noun1.billingsgate - foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
scurrility
contumely, insult, revilement, vilification, abuse - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"


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He would have insulted and taunted them, reviling in the jungle Billingsgate he knew so well; but now he sat silent out of Tantor's reach and upon his handsome face was an expression of deep sorrow and pity, for of all the jungle folk Tarzan loved Tantor the best.
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Leach laughed and hurled more of his Telegraph Hill Billingsgate, and before either he or I knew what had happened, his right arm had been ripped open from elbow to wrist by a quick slash of the knife.
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Old London Bridge was soon passed, and old Billingsgate market with its oyster-boats and Dutchmen, and the White Tower and Traitor's Gate, and we were in among the tiers of shipping.
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