billingsgate
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bil·lings·gate
(bĭl'ĭngz-gāt', -gĭt) 
n.
Foul, abusive language.
n.
Foul, abusive language.
[After Billingsgate, a former fish market in London, England.]
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billingsgate
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- Harsh, often insulting language: abuse, contumely, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, scurrilousness, vituperation. See praise/blame.
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