BILLINGSGATE


Meaning of BILLINGSGATE in English

ˈbiliŋzˌgāt, -_git noun

( -s )

Usage: sometimes capitalized

Etymology: from Billingsgate, old gate and fish market, London, England, noted for the abusive language used there

: condemnatory language marked by the coarse or offensive and scornfully abusive or contentious

the billingsgate common to the lower political quarreling — H.R.Warfel

a kind of billingsgate Falstaff at his worst never approached — Edith Hamilton

Synonyms: see abuse

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