billingsgate
Example Sentences
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And there, some say, he also goes in for union-busting and Bowery billingsgate.
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While illicit lovers, escaped lunatics and stranded Passion players create bedlam, and soft soap is interspersed with billingsgate, the actress and the producer outham, in an effort to outwit, each other.
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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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Nonsmokers, who used to say mildly, "Would you mind not smoking?" have moved up to 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 Brander Matthews
