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    barbary coast

    barbary coast - Dictionary definition and meaning for word barbary coast

    Definition
    (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)
    Example Sentence
    • we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!
    Definition
    (noun) the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates

Word used in video below:
text: very differently than the West Coast was
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