pin-up
Britishnoun
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informal
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a picture of a sexually attractive person, esp when partially or totally undressed
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( as modifier )
a pin-up magazine
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slang a person who has appeared in such a picture
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a photograph of a famous personality
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(modifier) designed to be hung from a wall
a pin-up lamp
Example Sentences
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As a local boy and academy graduate, Mainoo, 19, is the pin-up boy for how the club wants to be represented.
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He has since become an internet sensation and the pin-up of choice for millennials and Generation Z.
From BBC
The 22-year-old pin-up boy of Welsh rugby explaining to the world he has quit the sport with immediate effect to pursue a career in the NFL.
From BBC
The news sent fans of Robert - who became something of a pin-up after playing vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga - into a frenzy on social media.
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The series shows how Borg became tennis' first pin-up in the 1970s.
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