tenderloin
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- noun
- /ˈtɛndərˌlɔɪn/
- Archaic
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distrito de vicio
- When visiting San Francisco, many tourists are warned to avoid the Tenderloin due to its reputation for crime.
- Tenderloin District
- Tenderloin neighborhood
- Tenderloin massage
And out of the blue, her bus, her pink bus was driving through the Tenderloin in San Francisco looking for a place to stay.
- And out of the blue, her bus, her pink bus was driving through the Tenderloin in San Francisco looking for a place to stay.
- He looks like a tenderloin bum, a wino, and he goes on.
- Next thing you know, Trick Lung, Mickey about here in the Tenderloin blowing dudes or even blowing ladies out here.
- And he's a guy that would go to the would stay in the Tenderloin and stay at a house to the, you know, and, and do crack.
Examples
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But stay away from the Tenderloin!
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The Tenderloin was my summertime watering hole.
Fiction book (1992) -
The first week in September, I went into the Tenderloin on Friday afternoon, looking for her.
Fiction book (1992) -
And out of the blue, her bus, her pink bus was driving through the Tenderloin in San Francisco looking for a place to stay.
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About the third week she'd been working at the Tenderloin, I came in early on Friday.
Fiction book (1992) -
Remember the Tenderloin SRO hotel where the owner cut off the heat in December?
Fiction book (1991) -
That Sunday I hung out at the Tenderloin, shooting pool with the half of the crew that wasn't married.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hey, guys, We just arrived in Tenderloin, which is one of the dirtiest districts in San Francisco.
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Trans women still remain in the considerably less posh Tenderloin, many still homeless, still poor, still at risk, still doing sex work for survival.
Blog text (16) -
Further, he was a rarity for choosing to reside in what he called the broken heart of the city, or the spleen of it, the Tenderloin, and choosing not to move when the scene worsened.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City now known for restaurants and nightlife
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A city area known for crime and violence
A city waterfront known for gambling, drinking, and crime in the late 1800s
An area people jokingly say has a lot of crime
Compounds
How Dangerous
- Literature
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- Archaic
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- NSFW
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
Tenderloin is also used for a rough city area. One popular story says police who worked there got extra money or bribes and could afford tenderloin, the expensive cut of meat, so people began to call the district the tenderloin, and today it means a neighborhood known for crime and bad behaviour.