Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BIL'INGS-GATE
BIL'I-A-RYBI-LIN'GUAL, or BI-LIN'GUAR
BIL'INGS-GATE, n. [from a place of this name in London, frequented by low people who use foul language.]
Foul language; ribaldry. – Pope.
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