pick-up line

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pick-up line (plural pick-up lines)

  1. A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.
    Synonyms: (chiefly UK) chat-up line, opener
    Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.
    • 2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The Guardian:
      Obviously, the real skill of the pickup line is to possess a moronic amount of self-belief [] but it's worth persevering with. Rod Stewart, for example, puts his 30-year run of successful pickups down to a curious "What have you got in that handbag?", []

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