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teddy
Also Teddy.
[Pet-form of certain Christian names, as Edward, Edmund, Theodore.]
1. Short for teddy bear 1. Freq. as a proper name for a teddy bear.
1907New England Mag. July 629/2 The Teddy-bear..suggests to the imaginative owner whatever special being his fancy would have ‘Teddy’ personify. 1910Postcard caption [to picture of a little girl scrubbing a teddy bear.] You dirty Teddy. 1924A. A. Milne When we were very Young 90 Then said, ‘Excuse me,’ with an air, ‘But is it Mr. Edward Bear?’ And Teddy, bending very low, Replied politely, ‘Even so!’ 1934E. Tietjens in Child Life May 214/2, I always find things I'd forgotten, An old brown Teddy stuffed with cotton. 1940D. Wheatley Faked Passports xxii. 262 It seemed a rotten business to shoot that harmless Bruin which was so reminiscent of a large teddy in a children's toyshop. 1960Sunday Times 3 Jan. 30/3 My aunt..brought two brown teddies from Vienna in 1904, and in 1905 my mother bought me a white one in Ipswich. 1963Sunday Express 10 Mar. 4/3 Look at teddy—he's got new fur. 1979Guardian 14 June 12/3, I would rather fulfil my role as a mother than have a teddy act as a substitute.
2. [Perh. f. the name of Theodore Roosevelt.] (See quot. 1925.)
1917E. Pound Let. 25 Aug. (1971) 118 The Morning Chronicle assures me my compatriots are called ‘Teddies’, which is one in the eye for Mr. Woodie Wilson. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 279 Teddies, the, one of the names for the U.S. troops on first landing in France; disliked by the Americans equally with ‘Sammies’, and soon dropped.
3. orig. and chiefly N. Amer. [perh. transf. use of sense 1.] A woman's undergarment combining chemise and panties. Also in pl. teddies.
1924H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan May 122/2 She added..she'd personally get enough enjoyment out of standing before her mirror garbed in a sheer silk teddy to warrant any sacrifice. 1929Amer. Speech IV. 422 There is an article of feminine wearing apparel, a sort of overall piece of underwear, I believe, which is known as a teddy. I would suppose that this was so-called from its real or fancied resemblance in general shape (or shapelessness) to the teddy-bear. 1934J. T. Farrell Young Manhood (1936) xi. 298 Slug whispered to a big..blonde Polack in pink teddies. 1949Gilbreth & Carey Cheaper by Dozen xvii. 206 Anne..bought silk stockings, two short dresses and four flimsy pieces of underwear known as teddies. Ibid. 208 She doesn't even wear a teddy. 1977Hartford (Conn.) Courant 6 June 24/4 Teddys are no longer synonymous with teddy bears alone. They also represent the sexiest lingerie around... The teddy is a camisole and tap pants set combined. The chemise bodice, often fashioned after a camisole, unbuttons either in the front or back... The all-in-one feature of teddys has made them more popular as sleepwear. 1978Chatelaine Dec. 72/2 (caption) Left: A body-smoothing teddy with deep insets of lace by Emilio Pucci/Formfit Rogers, $30. 1983Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 10/4 The silver satin ‘teddy’ we picture is one of this Christmas's best-sellers.
4. Short for Teddy boy.
[1955Britannica Bk. of Year 489/2 Teddy-boy, Teddy-gang and Edwardian were terms used half derisively to describe youths who affected an Edwardian style of dress and who sometimes formed themselves into hooligan or criminal gangs.] 1956Saturday Bk. 213 Our modern ‘teddies’ are named after their Edwardian clothes—dress in the manner of the times of King Edward VII—popularly known as ‘King Teddy’. 1958People 4 May 12/3 ‘He'd treat you real good,’ said this Teddy. 1960N. Mitford Don't tell Alfred i. 8 His clothes had been distinctly on the Teddy side. 1963J. Fowles Collector ii. 165 We saw a group of teddies standing round two middle-aged Indians... The teddies were shouting, chivvying and bullying them off the pavement on to the road. 1968[see chukka boot s.v. chukka]. |