teddy

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teddy/ˈtɛdi/

▶noun (pl. teddies)

• 1 (also teddy bear) a soft toy bear.

• 2 a woman's all-in-one undergarment.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Teddy, familiar form of the given name Theodore: sense 1 alluding to the US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), an enthusiastic bear-hunter.