Tenderloin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. (in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs.
  2. a cut of beef lying between the sirloin and ribs.
  3. (initial capital letter)
    • (formerly) a district in New York City noted for corruption and vice: so called because police there could eat well from their bribes.
    • a similar district in any U.S. city.
noun
  1. a tender cut of pork or other meat from between the sirloin and ribs
  2. a district of a city that is particularly noted for vice and corruption
Tenderloin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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