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pin-up

NOUN
cover girl
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Timberlake rose to fame as one-fifth of 1990's boy band NSync, becoming a pin-up for good looks.

From Reuters • May 26, 2022

At this point Manson was one of the biggest rock stars around and married to pin-up and burlesque icon Dita Von Teese.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2022

Dame Barbara Windsor, who has died aged 83, became the nation's favourite pin-up, the bubbly blonde who packed a lot of personality into her 4ft 10in frame.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020

That may no longer be strictly true, but what about the Sunday Times describing him as "Europe's surprising new pin-up"?

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2019

Meanwhile grey-haired models have spread far beyond token appearances from 87-year-old pin-up Carmen Dell’Orefice or that Joan Didion Céline ad.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2019




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