TEDDY BOY Definition & Meaning

Teddy boy

(often lowercase)

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

teddy boy

(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 toted
any tough or delinquent youth

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

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Punk rock signatures — spikes, leather, Teddy boy touches — are remade with flashes of fur and lacquer red.

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I know, Teddy boy, it's mean to tease you, but you do tease so easily.

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Yes," replied Mrs. Martin, "I'm afraid we are snowed in, Teddy boy.

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"They probably will, Teddy boy," his father replied.

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"It's been a good partnership, Teddy boy," he said.

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