TEDDY BOY
(in the 1950s, a youth who affected a style of dress and appearance that was characteristic of Edward VII’s reign, typically a long velvet-collared jacket and ‘drain-pipe’ trousers, and sideburns; hence, any youthful street rowdy)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BODGIE the Australasian equivalent of the Teddy-boy → 1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DUCK-TAIL the South African equivalent of the Teddy-boy → 1959 S. Afr. sl.
► GUV’NOR, THE the head of a Teddy-boy’s gang → c1950 Brit. sl.
► TED a Teddy-boy → 1956 Brit. sl.
► WEEGIE ► WIDGIE an Australasian Teddy-girl → 1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
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