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Definition of Billingsgates
1. billingsgate [n] - See also: billingsgate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billingsgates
Literary usage of Billingsgates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"He undervalues Miss O'Neill, billingsgates Conway, absolutely libels Young, and
deifies the two or three fortunate exceptions who find favour in his eyes. ..."
2. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"The poor maid, whose custom it was to go about half naked, was cruelly driven by
these implacable billingsgates. She was pursued from city to city, ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A.: Including a Summary by John William Cole (1859)
"He undervalues Miss O'Neill, billingsgates Conway, absolutely libels Young, and
deifies the two or three fortunate exceptions who find favour in his eyes. ..."
4. The Anti-Jacobin, Or, Weekly Examiner by William Gifford (1803)
"In the course of his refined and polite Effusion, we are qualified as " Infernals"—"
billingsgates"—* tl Cowardly Assassins"—" ..."
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