Meaning of Teddy boy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Teddy boy.
   alt-of
2. A member of a male youth culture which originated in London in the early 1950s, later associated with American rock and roll music.
   historical

Examples

“Mitch (Precious Pearl) is a smooth, impassive young man utterly dripping with the ambivalent sensuality of a teddy-boy in tap shoes.”

“Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.”

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