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'barbary coast'
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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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Definition of 'barbary coast'
