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billingsgate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scurrility |
| Type of | abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
Examples of billingsgate
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From detractors, he prompted unprintable epithets and paroxysms of billingsgate.
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The billingsgate in appellants'briefs is customary in cases of this nature.
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Scott never had a chance in the face of Ms. Casals'steady barrage of anti-Riggs billingsgate.
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Billingsgate, who eagerly commented on all topics, was a natural for press secretary despite his age, seven.
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Reinhold Aman is the name in pejoration, not to mention invective, vituperation, obloquy, opprobrium, objurgation, abusive epithets and billingsgate.
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Gleason merely settles in for an extended Honeymooners skit, swinging on the billingsgate with his wife and rolling fried-egg eyes skyward at every silence.
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With bantam-cock posture and frequent billingsgate phrases, he portentously appeals to patriotism, law and order, individual liberty, states'rights and the safety of the past.
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Kollberg's sexy wife Gun, Larsson's billingsgate, Beck's wretched rides on the subway are points of reference and stability in books that have become increasingly radical.
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There is not a sponsor in all U.S. television who would countenance that sort of gritty billingsgate, but in Britain Alf is not only on the air but is also the most popular character on television.
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- Scurrility: foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
- Billingsgate is a small ward in the south-east of the City of London, lying on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. It is found within the boundary defined by the river, Lovat Lane, Fenchurch Street, Mark Lane and Sugar Quay.
- Coarsely abusive language.
- Loud, raucous profanity.
