( also ted ) n
(in Britain, especially in the 1950s) a young man following a popular fashion in clothing and music. Teddy boys wore long, loose jackets, called drape coats , very narrow trousers, called drainpipes , and leather shoes with narrow points at the end, called winkle-pickers , or soft shoes with thick rubber soles, called brothel creepers . They put special oil on their hair and arranged it so that it stood up at the front. Teddy boys were strongly associated with rock and roll music. They were seen as being rebellious and were sometimes involved in violence. Their style of clothing was intended to be similar to that of certain fashionable young men in Britain during the Edwardian period in the early 20th century. (Ted is a short form of Edward.).