pinup girl

noun

: a girl or woman whose glamorous qualities make her a suitable subject for a pinup

Examples of pinup girl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bangs weren't cut straight across like most retro baby bangs, which tend to skew more ‘50s pinup girl than ’50s movie princess. —Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024

Bey went full pinup girl for a day aboard a boat with her husband Jay-Z, covering her hair in a white silk bandana tied under her chin and pairing it with a matching white mini sundress and 1950s-style white cat-eye sunglasses. —Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 June 2024

There are surprising new discoveries to be found too, including an audio diary podcast following fascinating subjects like an octogenarian pinup girl and an investigation of a gas attack on a furry convention. —Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 May 2024

Nearby, Pierson, one of the band’s singer-songwriters, was working the flippers on a machine called Scared Stiff, whose back box flashed a grinning pinup girl. —Mina Tavakoli, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023

But advancing to the next room—a cell with a set of bunk beds, some books, a deck of cards, and what appeared to be a poster of the pinup girl Bettie Page—required a hint from a short man in a gas mask playing a prison guard. —The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2021

On its screen was not any sort of equation or tactical diagram but rather a rendering of a pinup girl. —Clio Chang, New York Times, 6 July 2021

Folks driving through the historic Brooke Smith neighborhood can’t miss the larger than life mural, featuring a rocket, blonde pinup girl and a spaceship, facing Cavalcade Street. —Zach McKenzie, Chron, 15 June 2021

There's also a Miss Cavalcade pinup girl contest, Chop Shop demonstrations, pedal car challenge and spring car legends. —Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 7 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above