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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bil-ingz-geyt or, esp. British, -git |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl ɪŋzˌgeɪt or, esp. British, -gɪt |
Definition of billingsgate
Origin :- 1670s, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the Billingsgate market on the River Thames below London Bridge.
- 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]
- The place name is Old English Billingesgate, "gate of (a man called) Billing;" the "gate" probably being a gap in the Roman river wall. The market is mid-13c., not exclusively a fish market until late 17c.
- noun vituperation
- "I don't choose to descend to Billingsgate," said Sir Francis.
- Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
- "That'll do, Forsythe," said Sampson, interrupting the flow of billingsgate.
- Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
- Listen to the young woman, you Mackrell, or you'll get Billingsgate!
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- They talk forever and forever, and that is the kind of billingsgate they use.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Lady Mallowe's temper was as elemental as any Billingsgate could provide.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- It is time to go away, and soon Billingsgate will be nearly desolate.
- Extract from : « The Children's Book of London » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
- But I cannot help saying that she had a Billingsgate temperament.
- Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden
- The anecdote of Dr. Johnson and the Billingsgate virago is well known.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- That scorns to stoop to Billingsgate, or ape the bold bargee.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 » by Various
- Though he put it in different lingo, for this Billingsgate then was not.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 » by Various
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