loin

[ US /ˈɫɔɪn/ ]
[ UK /lˈɔ‍ɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
  2. either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
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How To Use loin In A Sentence

  • I had a sirloin steak, with béarnaise and frites, which they contrarily call chips, and a bit of salad. Times, Sunday Times
  • It surprised me that she was helloing at me when I passed her on the way to my office.
  • There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
  • The search for a replacement cause brought with it shallow opportunism, the honing of public relations skills and a ragbag of nostrums, some of them purloined from its political opponents.
  • For the main course we chose pork tenderloin wrapped in spinach, parsley and garlic.
  • Royale, with a bayonet at his loins, and only escaped by taking refuge under the porte-cochere of No. 6. Les Miserables
  • His midriff was protected by a drape of chainmail covering a leather girdle and loincloth.
  • Some loincloths were painted and decorated with tassels, which symbolized falling rain.
  • Jon's suite, which makes up the entirety of the original Concerto record, is nothing better than a bad mixture of hard rock soloing and a rather childish idea of classical music.
  • We now sell a boned and rolled loin of lamb for $26 a kilo, that only takes you 45 to 50 minutes to roast.
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