Pin-up

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room"

  2. 2
    a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model wordnet
  3. 3
    The person so depicted. attributive, often

    "pin-up girl"

  4. 4
    A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc. figuratively

    "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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Example

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"There was a poster of a pin-up girl on the wall."

Etymology

Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.

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