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Definition of teddy boy in English English dictionary: A form of male youth culture which originated in London in the early 1950's, later associated with American rock and roll music; A Teddy boy is a man who dresses in a style that became popular in the 1950's. Teddy boys were associated with early rock and roll music, and often regarded as bad or violent. In Britain, especially during the 1950s, a tough youth wearing a modified style of Edwardian clothes. a member of a group of young men in Britain in the 1950s who had their own special style of clothes and music
Teddy boys: plural form of Teddy boy
teddy boy.: ted
A Teddy boy: Ted
teddy boys: a British youth subculture that first appeared in the mid-1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom

teddy boy

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Ted·dy boy

tedi boy

/ˈtedē ˈboi/ /ˈtɛdiː ˈbɔɪ/

() Named from their style of clothing reminiscent of the Edwardian era.

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