billingsgate
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Nonsmokers, who used to say mildly, "Would you mind not smoking?" have moved up to billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the city whose name has been a synonym for social war and political billingsgate, Champion Deneen warred upon Robert E. Crowe, the State's attorney of Leopold-Loeb fame and Mayor Thompson's entourage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week they felt no shame in engaging in an exchange of diplomatic billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the floor of the U. S. Senate, Dr. Butler was spattered with billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Brander Matthews
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