Synonyms for tenderloin


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-der-loin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dərˌlɔɪn


Définition of tenderloin

Origin :
  • 1828, "tender part of a loin of pork or beef," from tender (adj.) + loin. The slang meaning "police district noted for vice" appeared first 1887 in New York, on the notion of the neighborhood of the chief theaters, restaurants, etc., being the "juciest cut" for graft and blackmail.
  • As in skid row : noun squalid district
Example sentences :
  • Is it customary, I ask you, to help to tenderloin with one's fingers?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
  • It was more glittering, more raffish, more clamant of the tenderloin than ever.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Outside of that they had no claim save only to a percentage from the Tenderloin.
  • Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
  • Pour this on top of the tenderloin, sprinkle over it salt, pepper and flour.
  • Extract from : « The Community Cook Book » by Anonymous
  • To their surprise, they found the tenderloin not so bad to eat.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans in the Rockies » by Emerson Hough
  • Choice cuts of elk, the tenderloin and tongues and hams of sheep were roasted.
  • Extract from : « The Sheep Eaters » by William Alonzo Allen
  • But without the dream life was unbearable, in the Tenderloin and on the Bowery.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis
  • Caribou steak and tenderloin of moose we have at every meal.
  • Extract from : « In to the Yukon » by William Seymour Edwards
  • Tenderloin steak and mushrooms sounded like it, that was certain.
  • Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys' River Chase » by Louis Arundel
  • For steak, nothing is so nice as tenderloin or porter-house steak.
  • Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree

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