单词 | tenderloin |
释义 | tenderloinn. U.S. 1. The tenderest or most juicy part of the loin of beef, pork, etc., lying under the short ribs in the hind quarter, and consisting of the psoas muscle; the fillet or ‘undercut’ of a sirloin. Also attributive, esp. as tenderloin steak. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > side or flank flitcha700 loinc1340 sidea1400 lunyie?a1513 coastc1540 flitchen1658 flank1747 tenderloin1828 short loin1866 lap1922 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1864 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 5/2 The ‘tenderloin’, the ‘porterhouse’ steak of America, are infinitely superior to our much-vaunted rump steak. 1869 T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 37 Is it customary to help to tenderloin with one's fingers? 1875 Scribner's Monthly July 274/2 A tenderloin steak,..potatoes, bread and butter, and a cup of coffee will cost fifty cents. 1884 G. P. Keese in Harper's Mag. July 299/1 The division is made into the various pieces here named,..viz., loins, ribs,..hams, shoulders, tenderloins, striploins, sirloins, butts, rump butts, strips, rounds, and canning beef. 1906 Breakfast Menu, S.Y. Argonaut 10 July Tenderloin Beefsteaks. 1954 Menu M/S Stella Polaris 13 Dec. Tenderloin Steak with Vegetables—Baked Alaska. 1975 Times 19 Mar. 16/3 A tenderloin steak made from textured soy protein..sells for 89 cents a pound—as against two dollars for the real thing. 2. slang. In full tenderloin district: applied to the police district of New York which includes the great mass of theatres, hotels, and places of amusement; thence extended to similar districts of other American cities. Understood to have reference to the large amount of ‘graft’ said to be got by the police for protecting illegitimate houses in this district, which rendered it the ‘juicy part’ of the service. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York the Bowery1787 Gotham1807 hell's kitchen1879 tenderloin district1887 west side1897 Big Apple1922 village1929 apple1939 Soul City1964 1887 Harper's Mag. Mar. 500/2 His precinct is known as the ‘Tenderloin’, because of its social characteristics. 1898 N. York Voice 6 Jan. 4/3 If laws generally suitable to a city do not suit some Slavic, Polish, or other quarter, or some ‘tenderloin’ district, the local police must pass upon those laws. 1907 Amer. Trial in Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 5/3 This loose tattle of the Tenderloin. 1908 H. Train True Stories Crime xi. 317 Apart from a handsome weekly stipend to his sister, Hummel's money all went into the Tenderloin or the race-track. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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