Billingsgate definitions

Billingsgate

1) Abuse 2) Coarsely abusive language 3) Contumely 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Exclusively Saxon word 6) Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse 7) Foul, vulgar, abusive talk 8) Insult 9) Language in a fish market 10) London fish market 11) Revilement 12) Scurrility 13) Vilification 14) Ward of the City of London
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Billingsgate

1) Abuse 2) Scurrility
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Billingsgate

Billingsgate is one of the 25 Wards of the City of London. Its name derives from being the City`s original water gate, and this small City Ward is situated on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge in the south-east of the Square Mile. The modern Ward extends south to the Thames, west to Lovat Lane and Rood Lane....
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billingsgate

coarsely abusive language
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Billingsgate

• (n.) A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. • (n.) Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.
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Billingsgate

former London market (closed 1982). It was situated in the City of London at the north end of London Bridge beside The Monument, which commemorates ... [1 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/65

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Billingsgate

Bil'lings·gate` noun 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. 2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/52

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Billingsgate

Billingsgate is the principal fish-market of London. It is located on the left bank of the River Thames, a little below London Bridge. It has been frequently improved, and was rebuilt in 1852 and again bewteen 1874 and 1876. From the character, real or supposed, of the Billingsgate fish-dealers, the term Billingsgate was applied in Victorian societ...
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Billingsgate

Billingsgate was Victorian English slang for coarse, vulgar, violent language.
Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZB.HTM

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billingsgate

coarsely or vulgarly abusive language.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/billingsgate

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