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loin
[loin]
noun
Usually loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
a cut of meat from this region of an animal, especially a portion including the vertebrae of such parts.
loins,
the parts of the body between the hips and the lower ribs, especially regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power.
the genital and pubic area; genitalia.
loin
/ ɔɪ /
noun
Also called: lumbus.anatomy the part of the lower back and sides between the pelvis and the ribs
a cut of meat from this part of an animal
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of loin1
Idioms and Phrases
gird (up) one's loins, to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance.
He girded his loins to face his competitor.
Example Sentences
One group of ash-smeared holy men, some naked and some dressed in just a loin cloth or marigold garland draped around their necks, marched through the streets, holding tridents, swords and small two-headed drums.
One group of ash-smeared men, some naked and some dressed in just loin cloth or marigold garland draped around their necks, marched in holding tridents, swords and small two-headed drums.
There, workers methodically dismantle carcasses into primal cuts: chuck, rib, loin, flank, shank.
The leanest pork cuts include the loin, tenderloin, center loin and ham.
There’s no way to tell for sure what goat his meat came from, he said — “It shows up in white wrapping and labeled, ‘loin’ and ‘shoulder.’
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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