barbary : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Barbary ape

  • noun tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
    Macaca sylvana.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
Webster 1913

barbary coast

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

barbary pirate

  • noun a pirate along the Barbary Coast
    corsair.
WordNet

barbary sheep

  • noun wild sheep of northern Africa
    aoudad; audad; maned sheep; Ammotragus lervia; arui.
WordNet