billingsgate
Example Sentences
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Last week they felt no shame in engaging in an exchange of diplomatic billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor is he shy about lapsing occasionally into the Yorkshire-accented billingsgate that he has perfected over the years in leading T.U.C.'s toughest negotiations�including British Ford's acceptance of unions at Dagenham during World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the floor of the U. S. Senate, Dr. Butler was spattered with billingsgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scott never had a chance in the face of Ms. Casals' steady barrage of anti-Riggs 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
