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1. (n.) Barbary Coast
the Mediterranean coastline of the former Barbary States.
2. Barbary Coast
the San Francisco waterfront in the 19th century, notorious for prostitutes, saloons, and gambling houses.
Etymology: (1895–1900)
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1. (noun) Barbary Coast
a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)
"we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
2. (noun) Barbary Coast
the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates
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