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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Theodore (' Teddy') Roosevelt (1858-1919), U.S. president, who liked hunting bears

teddy bear

 noun
     
teddy bear
Related topics: Toys
ted‧dy bear also teddy [countable]
DHT a soft toy in the shape of a bear
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