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Definition of Billingsgate
1. Noun. Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
Generic synonyms: Abuse, Contumely, Insult, Revilement, Vilification
Derivative terms: Scurrilous
Definition of Billingsgate
1. n. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.
Definition of Billingsgate
1. Noun. profane, abusive language; coarse words ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billingsgate
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Medical Definition of Billingsgate
1. 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. 2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billingsgate
Literary usage of Billingsgate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"Od. billingsgate WARD. billingsgate ward beginneth at the west end of Tower street
ward in Thames street, about Smart's key, and runneth down along that ..."
2. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"Citizens usually took boat again at billingsgate, as we find Johnson and Boswell
once ... Septem Camerz—A Legend about billingsgate—Hogarth visits it—Henry ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"They indicate the situation of billingsgate, the only wholesale market in the
... billingsgate has been one of the "water-gates" or ports of the City from ..."
4. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"Eels, billingsgate, twenty pound; other markets ten pound, unless any single fish
shall exceed that weight. " Large lobsters and crabs, of either sort, ..."
5. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"tions"billingsgate, when the noises are at their height" (Ben Jonson s ...
In 1664 " billingsgate rhetoric" (King's Life of Loch, 8vo, 1830, vol. ip 39). ..."
6. A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house by Jacob Henry Burn (1855)
"AT billingsgate—In the field, RA c. Antecedent to the fire, was the Boar's Head
in billingsgate, that gave name also to Boar's-head alley. ..."
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