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Bilingsgate

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Bi'lingsgate. n.s. [A cant word, borrowed from Bilingsgate in London, a place where there is always a croud of low people, and frequent brawls and foul language.] Ribaldry; foul language.

There stript, fair rhet'rick languish'd on the ground,
And shameful bilingsgate her robes adorn. Dunciad, b. iv.

Sources: Pope, Alexander (393)

Attributes: Noun Substantive (1269)

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