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▪ I. Ted, n.1 Services' slang.|tɛd|
[Abbrev. of tedesco n.]
A German soldier. Disused.
1947D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 193 D'you know what those bloody Teds have been up to? They've been bloody well shelling us.
▪ II. Ted, n.2|tɛd|
Also with small initial.
Short for Teddy boy. Cf. Teddy 4.
1956in I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. (1959) vii. 119 Joined the Teds when he was only three, Coshed a cop when he was only four. 1956Time 24 Sept. 28/1 The Ted's notion of sartorial splendor ranges from a caricature of Edwardian elegance to the zoot padding of a Harlem hepcat. 1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 44 Appearing in a telly programme on the Ted question. 1968New Scientist 11 July 64/3 The gangs [of baboons] appeared to carry out his orders, roaming through the troupe like a bunch of leather-jacketed teds. 1977Daily Tel. 19 July 15 A Metropolitan magistrate complained yesterday that he had inadequate power to deal with gangs of ‘punk rockers’ and ‘Teds’ who clashed in the King's Road, Chelsea. 1980Daily Mirror 10 Apr. 12/2 The term Ted is a little less popular nowadays, and Rockabilly is Eighties style. |