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teddy boy

ted·dy boy (plural ted·dy boys) or Ted·dy boy (plural Teddy boys)


noun 
Definition:
 
50s youth: a young man in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and early 1960s who followed the fashion of dressing in Edwardian style with tight narrow trousers, pointed shoes, and long sideburns

[Mid-20th century. Nickname for Edward, alluding to Edward VII]
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