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[loin] / lɔɪn /




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One of its newly added appetizers is a grilled saltbush-crusted kangaroo loin.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

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.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2025

Each course is practically a feast unto itself: vol-au-vent, roasted veal loin, poached turbot, baked Alaska — and that’s just the first half-hour.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2023

We then braise that whole and separately pound out the rib loin paper-thin.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2023

I’d picked a gallon of cherries, harvested my fava beans, prepared the brine for the pig loin, made the stock, and soaked the dried morels in warm water.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Sakai, who sells it wholesale, said that in recent years, his rates for Wagyu strip loins have fallen from $65 to $41 per pound.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

“As if I were not her very own child,” Harry, the novel’s sole narrator, says, “as if I were not the flesh of her loins, as if I were instead some foreign pathogenic prototype.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2022

Serving nearby clients like The Grey and Husk, he has created incentives for customers to purchase and use an entire animal, rather than just the ribs or loins.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2022

The child in her body hung from her lean loins like a knotty fruit and from her face every particle of flesh was gone, so that the jagged bones stood forth rock-like under her skin.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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