Tenderloin

See also: tenderloin

English

Etymology

See tenderloin.

Proper noun

Tenderloin

  1. (historical) A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
    • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 23:
      She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment.
  2. A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
  3. A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
  4. Other similar neighborhoods in other cities.

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tenderloin.

Proper noun

Tenderloin ?

  1. Tenderloin (a district of San Francisco, California)
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