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Definition of Barbary Coast

1. Noun. 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. The Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates.

Definition of Barbary Coast

1. Proper noun. The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates ¹

2. Proper noun. (context by extension) A waterfront area of San Francisco at the time of the gold rush ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbary Coast

Barbados gooseberry Barbados leg Barbados maidenhair Barbados pride Barbara Barbara Hepworth Barbara Tuchman Barbara Ward Barbara Wertheim Tuchman Barbarea

Barbarea praecox Barbarea verna Barbarea vulgaris Barbarossa Barbary Barbary Coast (current term) Barbary ape Barbary apes Barbary lion Barbary lions

Barbary macaque Barbary macaques Barbary pirate Barbary sheep Barberton daisy Barbie Barbra Barbra Joan Streisand Barbra Streisand Barbuda

Literary usage of Barbary Coast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. San Francisco and Thereabout by Charles Augustus Keeler (1906)
"THE Barbary Coast street. Arc rigging of the window of a ... and three Bohemians doing the Barbary Coast entered. The master of ceremonies stood behind his ..."

2. The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities by Travers Twiss (1861)
"... Ottoman Empire — Christian and Mahommedan Dependencies — Exceptional Position of Tunis — The States on the Barbary Coast — Treaties with Algiers — Early ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"Noies from tlie Barbary Coast, with Fossils. By Ci. F. HABERSHON. (Communicated by Dr. GLADSTONE,) About half a mile from the northern gate of Mogador is a ..."

4. The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from by Jared Sparks (1829)
"Returns home by way of the Barbary Coast and the West Indies.—Resolves to visit England, and seek for his wealthy family connexions in that country. ..."

5. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror by Charles Eugene Banks, Opie Percival Read (1906)
"... Breed Insanity— Drunken Orgies Held by Denizens of " The Barbary Coast "—Soldiers Sternly Enforce Martial Law— Disobedience Brings Instant Death. ..."

6. A Narrative of Excursions, Voyages, and Travels, Performed at Different by George Rapelje (1834)
"We saw the small Island of Galeta, a few miles from the Barbary coast. Wednesday, August 28th. ... We saw the land on the Barbary coast called Cape Ferro. ..."

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