Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Billingsgate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Billingsgate \Bil"lings*gate`\, n.
1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for
fish and foul language.
2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation;
ribaldry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
billingsgate
n : foul-mouthed or obscene abuse [syn: {scurrility}]
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