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teddy bear|ˈtɛdɪˌbɛə(r)|
1. A stuffed figure of a bear, made of rough plush, used as a toy or as a kind of mascot. teddy bears' picnic, the title of a song (c 1932) by Jimmy Kennedy and J. W. Bratton, used allusively to denote an occasion of innocent enjoyment.[The ‘teddy bear’ came into vogue about 1907, and was so called in humorous allusion to Theodore Roosevelt (President of U.S. 1901–1909). Theodore Roosevelt's bear-hunting expeditions occasioned a celebrated comic poem, accompanied by cartoons, in the N.Y. Times of 7 Jan. 1906, concerning the adventures of two bears named ‘Teddy B’ and ‘Teddy G’; these names were transferred to two bears (also known as the ‘Roosevelt bears’) presented to Bronx Zoo in the same year; finally the fame of these bears was turned to advantage by toy dealers, whose toy ‘Roosevelt bears’, imported from Germany, became an instant fashion in the U.S.] 1906Amer. Stationer 22 Sept. 18/2 Probably no novelty of recent years has been so popular as the Teddy Bears. 1907New England Mag. July 629/1 The Teddy-bear has come, and one suspects that he has come to stay. 1907Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 4/7 While Europe is sending aloft the..‘diabolo’, America is playing with bears... The sudden delight in these mere things of the toy-shop..is due to their name—‘Teddy-bears’. 1907Motor Boat 19 Sept. 190/1 The boat with a Teddy bear or golliwog on the bow. 1908Daily Chron. 5 Nov. 7/1 The Teddy bear, popularly so-called because the retiring President of the United States has a reputation as a bear hunter. 1922, etc. [see kewpie]. 1927[see Bonzo]. 1948Parents' Mag. Mar. 8/2 His gently gruff appearance is in best Teddy Bear tradition. 1959D. Beaty Cone of Silence xvii. 188 ‘Judd and George in the same cockpit together—’ Dallas grunted. ‘Must have been a Teddy Bear's picnic!’ 1962A. Lurie Love & Friendship i. viii. 160 What do you think I am, a Teddy bear, first you pick me up and then you put me down, whenever you feel like it? 1968Listener 11 July 44/3 Can we go on indefinitely enjoying the fun of a teddy bears' picnic? 1977R. Barnard Death on High C's iv. 41 You stop her and you'll have an industrial dispute on your hands that will make Lord Harewood's troubles look like the Teddy-bears' picnic.
b. transf. A person who resembles a teddy bear in appearance or in being lovable.
1957K. Mann (song-title) (Let me be your) teddy bear. 1961‘J. le Carré’ Call for Dead i. 15 His débutante secretary..referred to him..as ‘My darling teddy-bear’. 1972Radio Times 1 Dec. 9/1 David Mercer..is a round, comfortable-looking man..a Teddy Bear with a..West Riding accent. 1979P. Levi Head in Soup v. 93 He was an enormous teddy-bear of a man.
2. a. U.S. slang. A fur-lined high-altitude flying suit. Freq. attrib.
1917Let. 24 Dec. in Hall & Nordhoff Lafayette Flying Corps (1920) II. 58 He has issued to him a fur-lined teddy-bear suit. 1920E. Haslett Luck on Wing ix. 196, I immediately threw off my flying ‘teddy bear’ and hastily ran through my pockets. 1937C. Codman Contact ii. 29 We issue forth..clad in fur-lined Teddy Bears and fleece-lined overshoes. 1968J. J. Hudson Hostile Skies vii. 132 Lieutenant Horace Gilbert..received three bullets in his ‘Teddy Bear’ flying suit.
b. A heavy or furry coat; spec. one of natural-coloured alpaca-pile fabric. Usu. attrib.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 279 Teddy bear, the name given to the shaggy goatskin and fur coats issued for winter wear in the trenches in 1915. 1932Daily Tel. 23 Sept. 13/2 [The Prince of Wales] was hatless and wore a heavy fawn ‘Teddy Bear’ overcoat. 1944A. Thirkell Headmistress xii. 267 Mr. Adams, looking more thickset than ever in a thick Teddy Bear coat of orange-brown hue. 1965P. Moyes Johnny Under Ground xviii. 210 He pulled his Teddy Bear greatcoat more closely round his plump form. 1979‘P. O'Connor’ Into Strong City i. xii. 35 A very tall man in a teddy-bear overcoat.
c. A furry fabric resembling plush. Usu. attrib.
1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 5/1 (Advt.), Men's overcoats... Lined with a teddy bear plush, to give extra warmth. 1977New Yorker 11 July 77/1 Others showed full-blown psychedelic-playtime styles: a mini in canary-colored Teddy-bear pile. 1982Times 2 Apr. 10/3 Teddy bear fur over skinny suede skirts.
3. Austral. rhyming slang for lair n.4
1953S. J. Baker Australia Speaks v. 135 Teddy bear, a flashily-dressed, exhibitionistic person; by rhyme on lair. 1965W. Grout My Country's 'Keeper 55 Umpire Col Egar was so furious at this amateurish attempt at time-wasting that he snapped to the Pakistani bowler: ‘Get up you Teddy Bear’ (an Australian expression not meant to be complimentary). 1974K. Stackpole Not just for Openers 128 When Parfitt made the catch Greig jumped in the air, and, as he landed, thumped his fist into the pitch... I said to Greig as I walked past, ‘You're nothing but a bloody Teddy Bear.’ He returned the pleasantries.
4. = teddy 3.
1978Maledicta 1977 I. 273 Priorly, she had begun to haul out of the hour-glass corset into teddy-bear and slip. 1979Amer. Speech 1976 LI. 8 The new underwear was a convenient garment, a hip-length chemise with a narrow strap between the thighs which was secured by two small buttons or snaps. It was affectionately known first as a teddy-bear, then as a teddy or shimmy.
Hence teddy-bearish a., resembling a teddy bear.
1973Guardian 9 Mar. 17/1 Tall, dark, teddy-bearish, charming and persuasive. a1976A. Christie Autobiogr. (1977) ix. iii. 451 They took on board eight or ten darling little brown bears... Completely teddy-bearish. |