Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TENDERLOIN
tenderloin, undercut
(noun) the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Tenderloin
(historical) A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
Other similar neighborhoods in other cities.
Etymology
Noun
tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)
The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
(dated, US slang) 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.
Synonyms
• (meat): striploin, eye fillet (beef)
• (neighborhood): red-light district
Hyponyms
• filet mignon (beef)
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"der*loin`, n.
Definition: A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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