loin

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Coffee, boiled rice and milk, and a piece of mutton from the loin were the materials that invariably formed his diet.

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  1. noun The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.
  2. noun One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken.
  3. noun The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.
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  • He wore no clothes but a kind of loin-cloth made apparently of a sheet. —  Wonder Story Annual - 1950
  • Securing a sheet from one of the beds to wrap around him as a loin-cloth he set out to trudge to New York. —  Wonder Story Annual - 1950
  • How ironic that the loin should be his downfall, after he had finished the tunnel! —  Centaur Aisle
  • He had discarded his torn tunic, and walked through the night naked except for a loin-cloth and his high-strapped sandals. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • It was prince Kutamun, naked but for a loin-clout, his harness hacked away, his crested helmet dented, his limbs splashed with blood. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
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  1. Middle English loine, from Old French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea (carō), loin (meat), feminine of *lumbeus, of the loin, from Latin lumbus, loin.

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  1. Early modern English also loyne, Scots lungie, lunyie; from Middle English loine, from Old French logne, longe, loin, French longe, a loin, as of veal, from Late Latin *lumbea, feminine (or neuter plural?) of *lumbeus, adjective, from Latin lumbus (later Italian lombo = Spanish lomo = Portuguese lombo = French lombes, plural), loin; perhaps = Anglo-Saxon lenden, etc., loin: see lende.
 

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