Teddy boy


noun(often lowercase)Informal.
  1. a rebellious British youth who, in the 1950s and early 1960s, affected the dress of the reign of Edward VII.

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How to use Teddy boy in a sentence

  • And now, Teddy boy, we'll forget all about those miserable years.

    Fanny Herself | Edna Ferber

British Dictionary definitions for teddy boy

teddy boy

noun
  1. (in Britain, esp in the mid-1950s) one of a cult of youths who wore mock Edwardian fashions, such as tight narrow trousers, pointed shoes, and long sideboards: Often shortened to: ted

  2. any tough or delinquent youth

Origin of teddy boy

1
C20: from Teddy, from Edward, referring to the Edwardian dress

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