Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman's undergarment combining a camisole top and panties.
  • noun A teddy bear.

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  • noun Abbreviation of teddy bear.
  • noun By extension, any stuffed toy.
  • noun A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.

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Examples

  • Health insurance was in teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party platform ... what's taking so long?

    Insurance industry has had a 'long enough time,' Pelosi says 2009

  • The interest in teddy bears would become very popular in society.

    Maul Window | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Wed 10/14/09 9: 29 AM teddy is the oldest looking high school kid ever. .i actually have taken a 180 turn on Ade. i actually enjoyed navid being a virgin and still being respectful to Ade. to sleep with him out of fake lust for teddy was just wrong so i think she got what she deserved. i cant believe i just commented about 90210 …

    '90210' recap: Zipcode for splitsville | EW.com 2009

  • The name teddy bear comes from President Theodore Roosevelt.

    KeysNews.com - 2009

  • I wish I’d had some of that spongy white stuff they put in teddy bears.

    It approaches - and nothing can stop it...piglet is ... ASTUTE deep_bluze 2005

  • A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog 2009

  • A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.

    Atheism 2009

  • A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.

    Philosophy 2009

  • A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.

    Dissent and Heresy 2009

  • A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.

    Education 2009

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  • The song Teddy by Connie Francis went to #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960.

    February 9, 2008

  • Teddy Boy by Paul McCartney. Not proud to admit that I remember this.

    February 10, 2008

  • Q: How do you start a teddy bear race?

    A: Ready, Teddy, Go!

    - bon-bon at end of year party :-)

    December 15, 2008

  • This joke won't work for most USAmericans. For years after moving to Europe and watching the BBC regularly on cable, I had no idea why a popular cooking show was called "Ready Steady Cook!" I kept hearing "steady cook" as a noun phrase. Where I come from, we say, "On your mark, get set, go!"

    December 16, 2008

  • Spelling out rolig's explanation, the joke depends on the fact that the British English equivalent of "on your marks, get set, go!" is "Ready, steady, go!". Yes?

    December 16, 2008