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Definition of: sirloin
(sûr′loin) noun
A loin of beef, especially the upper portion: also spelled surloin. [Alter, (after Sir, from a legend that the cut was knighted for its excellence) of obs. surloyn <OF surlonge <sur- over, above + longe loin <L lumbus]
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