Tenderloin
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 well from their bribes.
a similar district in any U.S. city.
noun
1.
a tender cut of pork or other meat from between the sirloin and ribs
2.
(US) a district of a city that is particularly noted for vice and corruption
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