Teddy boy

noun

noun

Etymology From Teddy (“Edward”), from their style of clothing, reminiscent of the Edwardian era.

Historical A member of a male youth culture which originated in London in the early 1950s, later associated with American rock and roll music.

Mitch (Precious Pearl) is a smooth, impassive young man utterly dripping with the ambivalent sensuality of a teddy-boy in tap shoes.1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:

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