Tenderloin
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English
Etymology
See tenderloin.
Proper noun
Tenderloin
- (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.
- A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
- 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
- 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.
- A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
- Other similar neighborhoods in other cities.
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Tenderloin.
Proper noun
Tenderloin ?
- Tenderloin (a district of San Francisco, California)