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teddy bear

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teddy bear
teddy bear /ˈtedi beə $ -ber/ (also teddy) noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Theodore ('Teddy') Roosevelt (1858-1919), U.S. president, who liked hunting bears

a soft toy in the shape of a bear