What does pin up mean?

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pin up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cover girl, pin-up, lovelyverb

    a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model

  2. pin down, pin upverb

    attach with or as if with a pin

    "pin up a picture"

Wiktionary

  1. pin upverb

    To put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin.

ChatGPT

  1. pin up

    A pin-up is a poster or image, typically featuring a model, actor, or other attractive individual, designed to be displayed or "pinned up" on a wall. Historically, this term often referred to mass-produced images of glamorously dressed women that were popular from the 1940s to 1960s. The term "pin-up" may also refer to the model featured in such artwork or images.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pin up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pin up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pin up in a Sentence

  1. Beauty Pin-Ups CEO Kenny Kahn:

    The Beauty Pin-Ups brand is a celebration of the empowerment of a woman and what The Beauty Pin-Ups brand took to be a pin-up in 1935, and carrying that message in a modern sense.

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