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billingsgate definition

bil·lings·gate (bil′iŋz gāt′, -git)

noun

foul, vulgar, abusive talk

Etymology: after a London fish market, notorious for foul language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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