Definition of Teddy boy

Teddy boy

noun

• A member of British youth subculture in the 1950s. Long hair, tight trousers, long jackets.
  
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  Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Nov 07 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
bugger	Definitions include: to sodomize.
cor	Definitions include: UK variant of "God".
pip pip	Definitions include: term used to show that one agrees.
dial	Definitions include: a person's face.
sh*t the bed	Definitions include: to perform poorly; "screw up".
sh*te	Definitions include: a variant of the word shit, commonly used in the UK and Ireland, and playfully used in the United States.
clunge	Definitions include: vagina.
TTFO	Definitions include: acronym for "told to fuck off", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
faff	Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
nosh	Definitions include: oral sex given to a male.
septic tank	Definitions include: Cockney rhyming slang meaning American i.e. septic tank - yank.
bloody	Definitions include: an intensifier.
hen party	Definitions include: a bachelorette party.
flutter	Definitions include: a small bet or wager.
CTD	Definitions include: acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK.
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Other terms relating to 'boy':
altar boy	Definitions include: prescription drug in pill form providing temporary pharmaceutical relief for males with erectile dysfunction.
attaboy	Definitions include: interjection of encouragement.
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
b-boy	Definitions include: a fan of hip hop / rap culture.
beach boy	Definitions include: a preppy person that smokes weed.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
boi	Definitions include: alternate spelling of "boy".
boy	Definitions include: See also my boy.
boy band	Definitions include: a pop group whose members are young men.
boy howdy	Definitions include: exclamation of excitement.
boys	Definitions include: the police.
Boy Scout	Definitions include: a male who helps strangers.
boys in blue	Definitions include: the police.
boys in blue, the	Definitions include: police officers.
boy toy	Definitions include: a male with whom one has an intimate relationship.
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Other terms relating to 'teddy':
make a teddy bear	Definitions include: to defecate.

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