Barbary Coast
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Tweet 1. The Mediterranean coastal area of Barbary and the Barbary States. 2. A waterfront area of San Francisco, California, in the years after the 1849 gold rush. It was notorious for its gambling dens, saloons, brothels, and disreputable boarding houses. |
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