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billingsgate en · NOUN

Etymology

From the London, England fishmarket Billingsgate: "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).

Meanings

  1. Profane, abusive language; coarse words.
    • You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.
    • These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature:

Translations (1)

pl obelżywy język (profane, abusive language)

wikipedia: Billingsgate

billingsgate en · VERB

Etymology

From the London, England fishmarket Billingsgate: "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).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To use profane, abusive language towards.
    • On the other hand, the Englishman has the satisfaction of Billingsgating to his heart's content the highest officials: they accept objurgation with spaniel fawning. 1905, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 177, page 99:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
billingsgated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
billingsgated Tense=Past lexicographic
billingsgating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
billingsgates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl używać obelżywego języka (to use profane, abusive language towards) · pl użyć obelżywego języka (to use profane, abusive language towards)

wikipedia: Billingsgate