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English Dictionary: billingsgate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
billingsgate
n
  1. foul-mouthed or obscene abuse [syn: scurrility, billingsgate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Billingsgate \Bil"lings*gate`\, n.
      1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for
            fish and foul language.
  
      2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation;
            ribaldry.
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