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tenderloin definition

☆ tender·loin (ten′dər lo̵in′)

noun

  1. the tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, etc., located on either side of the backbone and consisting of the psoas muscle
  2. any urban district similar to the Tenderloin
Tenderloin definition

Ten·der·loin (ten′dər lo̵in′)

former district in New York City, in which there was much graft and corruption: so called because regarded as a choice assignment for police seeking graft

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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