Barbary Coast

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noun

the Mediterranean coastline of the former Barbary States: former pirate refuge.

the waterfront district of San Francisco in the 19th century, notorious for its cheap bars and nightclubs, prostitutes, gambling houses, and high incidence of crime.

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Words nearby Barbary Coast

Barbarossa I, Barbarossa II, barbarous, Barbary, Barbary ape, Barbary Coast, Barbary Coast Wars, Barbary fig, Barbary sheep, Barbary States, barbasco

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How to use Barbary Coast in a sentence

Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.
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This approach would greatly limit his appeal beyond the Northeast and the west coast.
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There are still large tracts of the island, particularly on the north coast, that are undeveloped.
Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.
Paul Thomas Anderson: The West Coast’s Scorsese|Nick Schager|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
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Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Every day they are gaining more strength, as is seen by the presence of so many of them on this coast.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
New France has an exceedingly varied sea-coast, indented by bays and rivers, broken and irregular.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
A traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Their territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

noun

the Barbary Coast a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries

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