tenderloin
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tenderloin¹
Where it comes from
From tender + loin.
noun tenderloins
- The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
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A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.
Similar: red-light district
Similar: striploin, fillet, eye fillet
Tenderloin²
Where it comes from
See tenderloin.
proper noun
- A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption. She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment.
- A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The Tenderloin, a neighbourhood just south-west of touristy Union Square, is home to some 35,000 people in fewer than 50 cramped blocks. Drugs and destitution are out in the open.
- A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: striploin, fillet, eye fillet
Translations
Talk about this word "tenderloin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tenderloin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tenderloin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tenderloin "tenderloin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tenderloin.Cite this
@misc{tenderloin_2026,
title = {tenderloin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenderloin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
