Pin-up

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall..

Definitions by Sense

1. A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
2. (often attributive) The person so depicted.
3. (figuratively) A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc.

Example Sentences

pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room

pin-up girl

Damn, she could be a pin-up, for real.

She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

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• pin-ups
• pinup

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