| Front | billingsgate \BIL-ingz-gayt, -git\ |
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| Back | noun Vulgar, abusive language. [After Billingsgate fish market in London, once notorious for the foul language of its fishmongers. A related word is fishwife, a synonym for a vulgar-tongued woman.] "Kitty Warren is articulate when needed but when threatened or challenged, guttersnipe dialect and billingsgate dominate." - Ted Hadley; Shaw Play Masterfully Tackles Taboo Topics; Buffalo News (New York); Jul 25, 2008. |
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