Teddy girl

noun

(often lowercase)

1. a rebellious British girl who, in the 1950s and early 1960s, affected the dress of the reign of Edward VII.

2. a girl companion of Teddy boys.

teddy girl

noun

1. a girl companion to a teddy boy

Example Sentences

The New Look may have turned your head, but you could have become a Teddy Girl in later years...

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Topping the film's unholy triangle, Rita Tushingham deserts her waif roles to play a strident Teddy girl, sexwise and pound-foolish.

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