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short loin
[ shawrt-loin ]
/ ˈʃɔrt ˈlɔɪn /
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noun
a portion of beef from the hindquarter, behind the ribs, typically cut into steaks, including strip steaks, T-bones, and porterhouses.
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Origin of short loin
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby short loin
shortleaf pine, short leg, short line, short list, short-lived, short loin, shortly, short metre, Short money, short notice, on, short odds
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How to use short loin in a sentence
Their women wear short loin-cloths, exposing part of the thigh, like the Gonds.
True, they were rigged out in a short loin-cloth not unlike tappa, but they carried neither spear nor shield.
A Crime of the Under-seas|Guy Boothby