centerfold

centerfold
/sen"teuhr fohld'/, n.
2. a gatefold bound into the center of a magazine or book signature.
3. a photograph of a woman or man in a nude or seminude pose appearing on a magazine centerfold.
4. the person in such a photograph.
[1950-55, Amer.; CENTER + FOLD1]

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