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loin Definition


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loin
noun
    1. The area of the back and side in humans and some animals, stretching from the bottom rib to the pelvis.
      Form: loins
    2. A cut of meat from the lower back area of an animal.
    3. euphemistic or poetic
      The genital area in humans.
      Form: loins
Idiom: fruit of one's loins
    One's children.
Idiom: gird one's loins (gird up one's loins)
Etymology: 14c: from French dialect loigne a loin of veal.



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