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单词 billingsgate
释义 bil·lings·gate
\ˈbiliŋzˌgāt, -_git\ noun
(-s)
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: from Billingsgate, old gate and fish market, London, England, noted for the abusive language used there
: condemnatory language marked by the coarse or offensive and scornfully abusive or contentious
 < the billingsgate common to the lower political quarreling — H.R.Warfel >
 < a kind of billingsgate Falstaff at his worst never approached — Edith Hamilton >
Synonyms: see abuse
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