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Vinony

tenderloin

noun

  1. cut from the loin
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: See tenderloin.

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.”

  3. A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.

noun

Etymology: From tender + loin.

  1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
  2. 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.