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TEDDY BOY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
Synonyms:
Ted; Teddy boy
Classified under:
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)