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  • Teddy girl
    Teddy girl
    noun
    a rebellious British girl who, in the 1950s and early 1960s, affected the dress of the reign of Edward VII.
  • teddy girl
    teddy girl
    noun
    a girl companion to a teddy boy

Teddy girl

American  

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 British  

noun

  1. a girl companion to a teddy boy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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