pin-up

noun

1. informal.
   1. a picture of a sexually attractive person, esp when partially or totally undressed
   2. ( as modifier )

      a pin-up magazine

2. slang.
   a person who has appeared in such a picture
3. a photograph of a famous personality
4. modifier designed to be hung from a wall

   a pin-up lamp

Example Sentences

As a local boy and academy graduate, Mainoo, 19, is the pin-up boy for how the club wants to be represented.

From BBC

Also being sold is a five-page manuscript, written in black ballpoint ink on white lined notebook paper – it features doodles of hearts, and a doodle of a pin-up girl.

From BBC

One gallery filled with potted plastic plants features collage-style paintings of pin-up nudes from Jet magazine.

From Los Angeles Times

Another says: "It comes to something when the pin-up girl tattooed on your arm looks better turned out than you do."

From BBC

Ultra Right Beer put out a pin-up calendar featuring scantily clad influencers from the Christian right-o-sphere.

From Salon

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