tenderloin
See also: Tenderloin
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tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)
- The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
- (dated, US slang) 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.
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- (meat): striploin, fillet, eye fillet (beef)
- (neighborhood): red-light district
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- filet mignon (beef)
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tenderest part of a loin of meat
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