barbary coast
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates
name
A waterfront area of San Francisco at the time of the gold rush.
Example Sentences
- "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."