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Billingsgate pheasant

Billingsgate pheasant noun: a red herring or bloater.

Noun

Billingsgate pheasant (plural Billingsgate pheasants)

  1. (slang) A red herring or bloater.

Forms of Billingsgate pheasant

pluralBillingsgate pheasants

Origin of Billingsgate pheasant

In reference to the fish market in Billingsgate, London.

Questions about Billingsgate pheasant

What does Billingsgate pheasant mean?
Billingsgate pheasant means a red herring or bloater.
What part of speech is Billingsgate pheasant?
Billingsgate pheasant is a noun.
What is the plural of Billingsgate pheasant?
The plural of Billingsgate pheasant is Billingsgate pheasants.

Words near Billingsgate pheasant in the dictionary

  1. billings and cooings
  2. Billings County
  3. billingsellacean
  4. billingsellaceans
  5. billingsgate
  6. Billingsgate pheasant
  7. Billingsgate pheasants
  8. billingsgated
  9. billingsgates
  10. billingsgating
  11. Billingshurst

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