pin-up girl

collocation in English

meaningsofpin-upandgirl

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pin-up
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪn.ʌp/us
/ˈpɪn.ʌp/
a picture of a sexually attractive and usually famous person, especially someone wearing ...
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girl
noun
uk
/ɡɜːl/us
/ɡɝːl/
a female child or young woman, especially one still ...
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(Definition ofpin-upandgirlfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpin-up girl

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I do not think she will be their favouritepin-upgirl.
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On this occasion we were glad to find he has diverted his attention away from his "pin-upgirl" and strayed back into the fold of marital rectitude.
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The term "pin-upgirl" presupposes something.
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She was never asked by photographers to pose for cheesecake pictures as was many apin-upgirl.
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At one moment, frame withpin-upgirlappears and dog gazes on it even when next frame is shown by moving the border of it.
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A publicity still of her in the bikini became a best-selling poster and turned her into an instantpin-upgirl.
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She is a film producer, director andpin-upgirl.
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Apin-upgirl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture.
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Hkan discovers thepin-upgirlpictures.
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In the 1940s and 1950s she was a leading model andpin-upgirl, and afterwards established a modeling school and wrote several books on modeling and fashion.
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Although fighting games offer female characters, their image tends to be hypersexualized, and they have even been featured as pin-up girls in game magazines.
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The girls have to pose as various pin-up girls.
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Pin-up girls may be glamour models, fashion models, or actresses.
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