billingsgate

From the London, England fishmarket Billingsgate

"Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand." - Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811

billingsgate

1. Profane, abusive language; coarse words.

   You wouldn't have believed the billingsgate which poured forth from that boy's mouth.

   • Saintsbury

     These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.

billingsgate (third-person singular simple present billingsgates, present participle billingsgating, simple past and past participle billingsgated)

1. (transitive) To use abusive language towards.
   • 1905, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 177, page 99)

     On the other hand, the Englishman has the satisfaction of Billingsgating to his heart's content the highest officials: they accept objurgation with spaniel fawning.