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Definition of Pin-up
1. Noun. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model.
Definition of Pin-up
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. The person so depicted. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin-up
Literary usage of Pin-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"They serve one to pin up one's hair. Wit. Is that the way? Pray, madam, do you
pin up your hair with all your letters? I find I must keep copies. Mrs. Mil. ..."
2. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"They serve one to pin up one's hair. Wit. Is that the way? Pray, madam, do you
pin up your hair with all your letters? I find I must keep copies. Mrs. Mil. ..."
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