billingsgate
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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.
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On the floor of the U. S. Senate, Dr. Butler was spattered with 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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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