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Meanings of pin-up in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "lovely"
Examples for "lovely"
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I'm currently working three days a week in a lovely village school.
The Guardian
2
I get lovely emails: people can't fail to love plants and animals.
The Guardian
3
Capital handling of the neck and throat; lovely work on the nose.
Roderick Hudson
4
However, she's actually far more lovely-looking than she likes to make out.
The Guardian
5
Grace Douglas was a lovely lady, although not looking her best today.
Don't cry
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She is no longer the cover girl for Wired.
The Guardian
2
VOGUE Australia has chosen South Sudanese-South Australian supermodel Adut Akech as their December issue cover girl.
News.com.au
3
EBONY cover girl Gabrielle Union has signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV, according to Deadline.
Ebony
4
Prepare to see Karl getting all easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl in about eight to 12 weeks.
News.com.au
5
Calling you a cover girl, said Reynolds.
Deadly Heat
Usage of pin-up in English
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Before long, Marge and her pin-up poses are the talk of Springfield.
Wired
2
The face of a global pin-up who'd played too much competition poker recently.
Broken angels
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And it's got more long-term pin-up potential than Madonna and Britney Spears combined.
The Irish Times
4
Send the frustrated novelist an analogue muse via this pin-up blue Torpedo typewriter.
The Guardian
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Your profile at the BBC has made you into something of a pin-up.
The Guardian
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Best Panel: I have to say the Adam Hughes pin-up.
Wired
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Football's biggest pin-up was not present in court to hear the latest damages award.
Reuters
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A pin-up, he was the first Argentinian to sign an advertising contract, promoting espadrilles.
The Guardian
9
Cafe owner O'Hanlon is the pin-up boy of athletics and a multiple world champion.
News.com.au
10
Loads of north American politicians seem to have done it; even right-on pin-up Justin Trudeau.
The Irish Times
11
What better way to complement your pin-up girl tattoo than with some silicone breast implants?
Wired
12
The Nymphaea thermarum was the garden's pin-up for International Day for Biodiversity, in May 2010.
The Guardian
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It's a titan in the sports car market, a motoring pin-up since its arrival in 1986.
The Irish Times
14
The pin-up of a cricket-mad nation, Jones dominated the one-day game like no Australian before him.
The Guardian
15
And finally, there was a cut of Sutton doing a pin-up pose in a slinky silver dress.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
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Not exactly my idea of a hot, secret love, but then again, Peyton Palmer had been no pin-up.
Calamity jayne
Pin-up through the time