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tenderloins

tenderloins is the plural of tenderloin.

Meaning of tenderloin

Noun

tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)

  1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
  2. (US, dated, 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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Questions about tenderloins

What is tenderloins the plural of?
Tenderloins is the plural of tenderloin.

Words near tenderloins in the dictionary

  1. tenderling
  2. tenderlings
  3. tenderloin
  4. tenderloin steak
  5. tenderloin steaks
  6. tenderloins
  7. tenderly
  8. tenderman
  9. tendermen
  10. tenderminded
  11. tendermindedly

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