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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