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ˈtenderloin U.S.
[f. tender a. + loin n.]
1. The tenderest or most juicy part of the loin of beef, pork, etc., lying under the short ribs in the hind quarter, and consisting of the psoas muscle; the fillet or ‘undercut’ of a sirloin. Also attrib., esp. as tenderloin steak.
1828in Webster. 1864Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 5/2 The ‘tenderloin’, the ‘porterhouse’ steak of America, are infinitely superior to our much-vaunted rump steak. 1869T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 37 Is it customary to help to tenderloin with one's fingers? 1875Scribner's Monthly July 274/2 A tenderloin steak,..potatoes, bread and butter, and a cup of coffee will cost fifty cents. 1884G. P. Keese in Harper's Mag. July 299/1 The division is made into the various pieces here named,..viz., loins, ribs,..hams, shoulders, tenderloins, striploins, sirloins, butts, rump butts, strips, rounds, and canning beef. 1906Breakfast Menu, S.Y. Argonaut 10 July, Tenderloin Beefsteaks. 1954[see Alaska b]. 1975Times 19 Mar. 16/3 A tenderloin steak made from textured soy protein..sells for 89 cents a pound—as against two dollars for the real thing.
2. slang. In full tenderloin district: applied to the police district of New York which includes the great mass of theatres, hotels, and places of amusement; thence extended to similar districts of other American cities.
Understood to have reference to the large amount of ‘graft’ said to be got by the police for protecting illegitimate houses in this district, which rendered it the ‘juicy part’ of the service.
1887Harper's Mag. Mar. 500/2 His precinct is known as the ‘Tenderloin’, because of its social characteristics. 1898N. York Voice 6 Jan. 4/3 If laws generally suitable to a city do not suit some Slavic, Polish, or other quarter, or some ‘tenderloin’ district, the local police must pass upon those laws. 1907Amer. Trial in Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 5/3 This loose tattle of the Tenderloin. 1908H. Train True Stories Crime xi. 317 Apart from a handsome weekly stipend to his sister, Hummel's money all went into the Tenderloin or the race-track. |