Tenderloin

See also: tenderloin

English

Etymology

See tenderloin.

Proper noun

Tenderloin

1. (historical) A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
   • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 23:

     She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment.

2. A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
   • 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:

     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.
4. Other similar neighborhoods in other cities.

See also

• Combat Zone

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tenderloin.

Proper noun

Tenderloin ?

1. Tenderloin (a district of San Francisco, California)