billingsgate
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The best Baedeker of billingsgate and other U.S. lingua frank since Mencken.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nonsmokers, who used to say mildly, "Would you mind not smoking?" have moved up to billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The object of all this billingsgate is a devoutly religious�and highly litigious�Quaker who has never been known to fire a shot, lift his fist, or even raise his soft voice in anger.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the floor of the U. S. Senate, Dr. Butler was spattered with billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Turmoil and billingsgate slang were unknown in the halls of legislation.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
