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Meaning of SIRLOIN

Pronunciation:  'surloyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump
 
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 See Also: beef loin, cut, cut of meat, flat bone, pin bone, sirloin steak, sirloin tip, wedge bone

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sir"loin`\, n. [A corruption of surloin. Not so called
because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed
Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular
story.]
A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also
{surloin}.]
 
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