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billingsgate

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12 lettersPart of speech nounSorted abeggiillnstStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. foul-mouthed or obscene abuse

Word origin

From the London, England fishmarket Billingsgate: "Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand." (Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811).

Used in a sentence

  • You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.
  • These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
  • On the other hand, the Englishman has the satisfaction of Billingsgating to his heart's content the highest officials: they accept objurgation with spaniel fawning.

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