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loins

NOUN
thigh
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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

A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2023

Then gird your loins, because this isn’t a drink for the delicate.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 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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