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Vinony

centerfold

noun

  1. gatefolded magazine spread, usually a portrait such as a pin-up or a nude, inserted in the middle of the publication, or the model featured in the portrait
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/ / /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/

noun

Etymology: From center + fold.

  1. The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
  2. A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
  3. The person appearing in such a photograph.

    “My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold”

  4. Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.