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teddy boy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Teddy boy.
    alt of Teddy boy
    • 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. 1959 February 14, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135:

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