| 单词 | tenderloin district |
| 释义 | > as lemmastenderloin district 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. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York the Bowery1787 Gotham1807 hell's kitchen1879 tenderloin district1887 west side1897 Big Apple1922 village1929 apple1939 Soul City1964 1887 Harper's Mag. Mar. 500/2 His precinct is known as the ‘Tenderloin’, because of its social characteristics. 1898 N. 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. 1907 Amer. Trial in Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 5/3 This loose tattle of the Tenderloin. 1908 H. 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. < as lemmas |
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