[ten-der-loin] 
| 1. | (in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs. |
| 2. | a cut of beef lying between the sirloin and ribs. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter )
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| ten·der·loin (těn'dər-loin') n.
[Sense 2, after the Tenderloin, an area of New York City (from the easy income it once afforded corrupt policemen).] |