tenderloin

ten·der·loin  (tndr-loin)

n.

1. The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, or similar cut of meat.

2. A city district notorious for vice and graft.

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[Sense 2, after the Tenderloin, an area of New York City (from the easy income it once afforded corrupt policemen).]

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tenderloin

Noun

a tender cut of pork from between the sirloin and ribs

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tenderloin - a city district known for its vice and high crime rate combat zone city district - a district of a town or city
	2.	tenderloin - the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column undercut cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass beef tenderloin - beef loin muscle pork tenderloin - pork loin muscle