tenderloin
/tˈɛndɚlˌɔɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
American usage; Countable; Dated; Slang; Uncountable
name
A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
name
name
A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
Example Sentences
- "She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment."
- "The Tenderloin, a neighbourhood just south-west of touristy Union Square, is home to some 35,000 people in fewer than 50 cramped blocks. Drugs and destitution are out in the open."
Etymology
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Dated
- Slang