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TEDDY BOY
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• TEDDY BOY (noun)
The noun TEDDY BOY has 1 sense:
1. a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
Familiarity information: TEDDY BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ted; Teddy boy
Hypernyms ("Teddy boy" is a kind of...):
plug-ugly; tough guy (someone who bullies weaker people)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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