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tenderloin
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: tender (I) + loin
1. : a strip of tender meat consisting of the psoas muscle on each side of the vertebral column : a fillet of beef or pork — compare chateaubriand, filet mignon, tournedos
2. [so called from its making possible a luxurious diet for a corrupt policeman] : a district of a city largely devoted to vice and other forms of lawbreaking that encourage political or police corruption
< the dives and shady tenderloins of the underworld — H.E.Barnes & N.K.Teeters > |