Barbary Coast

English Proper noun Barbary Coast The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates en by extension A waterfront area of San Francisco at the time of the gold rush. en 1930 Jefferis & Nichols Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics 200 The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. en Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya