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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-upnoun

    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. pin-upnoun

    The person so depicted.

  3. Etymology: From pin up, as such a photograph is often removed from the publication in which it is printed and pinned up on a wall.

ChatGPT

  1. pin-up

    A pin-up is a poster, postcard, or glossy image, usually depicting a visually appealing or attractive person, designed to be pinned up on a wall or displayed. Originating around the 1940s-1950s, these images were typically of movie stars, models, or other celebrities and were characterized by a certain style of provocative or alluring pose. The term can also refer to the people who appear in these types of 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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  • хубаво момичеBulgarian
  • Pin-up-Girl, Pin-upGerman
  • pin-up-kuva, pin-up-tyttöFinnish
  • pin-upFrench
  • ピンアップ, ピンアップガールJapanese
  • красо́тка, пин-а́п, пин-а́п гёрл, пина́п, [[фотогра́фия]] [[красотка, краса́вчикRussian
  • 钉住Chinese

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