Billingsgate

In short, there are none but great outlines of politics: a memorial in French Billingsgate has been transmitted hither which has been answered very laconically.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

Nearly all the oyster-shops and stands in Massachusetts, I am told, are supplied and kept by natives of Wellfleet, and a part of this town is still called Billingsgate, from the oysters having been formerly planted there; but the native oysters are said to have died in 1770.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

The market, which is called Billingsgate, is a great big place like a barn, and when once we have pushed in among all the rough men and women there, we see a wonderful sight.

The Children's Book of London

Nearly all the oyster shops and stands in Massachusetts, I am told, are supplied and kept by natives of Wellfleet, and a part of this town is still called Billingsgate from the oysters having been formerly planted there; but the native oysters are said to have died in 1770.

Cape Cod 1865

It is open to criticism in many ways; it is not so exact in scholarship, nor so faithful to its avowed text, as might be expected from his reputation; but it reveals a profound acquaintance with the vocabulary and customs of the Muslims, with their classical idiom as well as their vulgarest "Billingsgate," with their philosophy and modes of thought as well as their most secret and most disgusting habits.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Today's is Billingsgate, meaning vulgar or abusive language.

Londonist M@ 2010

Today's is Billingsgate, meaning vulgar or abusive language.

Londonist M@ 2010

Today's is Billingsgate, meaning vulgar or abusive language.

Londonist M@ 2010

Trash completed a double-glammy last week, flitting from the European film awards in Berlin on Saturday night to the British independent film awards in London's Old Billingsgate on Sunday.

Trailer trash 2011

The Butler Room at University College, Oxford is 65 miles west of Billingsgate and its rarefied atmosphere belongs to a different world.

How the fish market porters moved Ed Miliband in his search to rekindle Labour's flame 2011