Billingsgate
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Billingsgate can refer to the the London fishmarket Billingsgate and metaphorically to profane, abusive language; coarse words.
- "Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand." - Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811
- You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.
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