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teddy boy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun teddy boy has 1 sense
- teddy boy(n = noun.person) ted - a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes; Array is a kind of plug-ugly, tough guy
OXFORD DICTIONARY
teddy boy, n. Brit. colloq.
1 a youth, esp. of the 1950s, affecting an Edwardian style of dress and appearance.
2 a young rowdy male.
1 a youth, esp. of the 1950s, affecting an Edwardian style of dress and appearance.
2 a young rowdy male.
Etymology
Teddy, pet-form of Edward
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