billingsgate

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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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And there, some say, he also goes in for union-busting and Bowery billingsgate.

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Nonsmokers, who used to say mildly, "Would you mind not smoking?" have moved up to billingsgate.

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Last week they felt no shame in engaging in an exchange of diplomatic billingsgate.

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He never paused to weigh his words when he assailed an opponent, believing that in politics billingsgate is the gate of success.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander