Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A picture, especially of a sexually attractive person, that is displayed on a wall.
- noun A person considered a suitable model for such a picture.
- noun Something intended to be affixed to a wall.
- adjective Suitable for a pinup.
- adjective Designed to be attached to a wall.
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- noun Variant spelling of
pin-up
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Examples
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Sitemeter Sez: Jonesboro, Arkansas sailboarded in just long enough to snap up Diana Dors 'PHOTO -- the popular English pinup from the late 50's and early 60's.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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'It's so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten, who's basically a pinup, which is what I've always aspired to be,' said Lohan.
Archive 2006-08-06 Bill Crider 2006
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What is it like to be referred to as a pinup boy when you do such serious work protecting the rest of us here?
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I'm pretty sure some of the things I call pinup aren't real pinups:) Whenever I think about it I remember those
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In return for their donations, St. Jude supporters write their names on a Halloween pumpkin pinup, which is displayed on the establishment's walls throughout the month.
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“It’s so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten, who’s basically a pinup, which is what I’ve always aspired to be,” Lindsay gushed.
Lindsay Lohan Marilyn Monroe Vogue Magazine Spain Photoshoot 2007
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It ` s so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten who ` s basically a pinup, which is what I ` ve always aspired to be. "
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It’s so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten, who’s basically a pinup, which is what I’ve always aspired to be.
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Chapters begin with alternating pictures of the main cast, some of them of a "pinup" sensibility.
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She says it in the same starry-eyed way kids talk about growing up to be astronauts, but actually seems to believe it, that somehow she can go from being this kind of pinup girl for her Tea Party friends to the White House.
NY Daily News 2010
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