Tenderloin Definition

tĕndər-loin
tenderloins
noun
tenderloins
The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, etc., located on either side of the backbone and consisting of the psoas muscle.
Webster's New World
A city district notorious for vice and graft.
American Heritage

Any urban district similar to the Tenderloin.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tenderloin

Noun

Singular:
tenderloin
Plural:
tenderloins

Origin of Tenderloin

  • Sense 2, after the Tenderloin , an area of New York City (from the easy income it once afforded corrupt policemen)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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