Tender-is-the-night
noun
1.
a novel (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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verb (used with object), tenderized, tenderizing. 1. to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment. verb 1. (transitive) to make (meat) tender by pounding it to break down the fibres, by steeping it in a marinade, or by treating it with a tenderizer
- Tenderizer
verb (used with object), tenderized, tenderizing. 1. to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment. noun 1. a substance, such as the plant enzyme papain, rubbed onto meat to soften the fibres and make it more tender verb 1. (transitive) to make (meat) tender by pounding it to break […]
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noun 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) (formerly) a district in New York City noted for corruption and vice: so called because police there could eat […]
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- Tenderly
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