(n) 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: we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!
n. [ Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary. ] The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [ Obs. ] Also, a kind of pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Barbary ape (Zool.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen. [ 1913 Webster ]
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