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teddy bear

noun
ted·​dy bear | \ ˈte-dÄ“-ËŒber How to pronounce teddy bear (audio) \

Definition of teddy bear

: a stuffed toy bear

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Other items in the auction included Neil Armstrong’s childhood teddy bear, which sold for $3,500, just above its pre-sale estimate of $3,000. Fox News, "Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong's gold medal that flew to the Moon sold for more than $2 million," 18 July 2019 Build-a-Bear Workshop is again giving away cheap teddy bears with the Count Your Candles and Pay Your Age sweepstakes. Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "Build-a-Bear Workshop’s Pay Your Age promotion returns to stores on June 24-28," 12 June 2019 Perhaps the best known loser of all, who likes to unapologetically rub noses with women and hug them like his teddy bear and then joke about it when people ask him to knock it off, is former Vice President Joe Biden. Melanie Hamlett, Glamour, "America Loves a Loser (As Long As He's White and Male)," 17 Apr. 2019 Only 200,000 lucky winners will get a ticket to cheap teddy bear events held in stores June 24-28. Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, "Build-a-Bear Workshop’s Pay Your Age promotion returns to stores on June 24-28," 12 June 2019 Then, after the FAO Schwarz left in early 2004, leaders put $10 million into a renovation project that added new landscaping and lighting, a project that removed the toy company’s signature giant teddy bear. Marco Santana, orlandosentinel.com, "Pointe Orlando on I-Drive plans $32 million redevelopment," 5 June 2019 When visitors began asking to buy the bears, Georgette opened a small teddy bear shop on-site (seriously, how Hallmark is that?!). Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "You Could Own This Real-Life Hallmark Christmas Movie House," 22 Dec. 2018 Well, another kids’ favorite is hoping to capitalize on the hype that fizzled Thursday at the first-ever Pay Your Age day at the famed teddy bear store. Matthew Martinez, miamiherald, "Didn’t get to Build-A-Bear? Chuck E. Cheese’s swoops in with its own Pay Your Age day," 13 July 2018 Parents and their little ones were sent away after a crushing amount of people swarmed Coral Square mall on Thursday morning for a teddy bear promotion. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, "A zoo: About 1,000 show up for Build-A- Bear promo in Coral Springs, parents turned away," 12 July 2018

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First Known Use of teddy bear

1905, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for teddy bear

Teddy, nickname of Theodore Roosevelt; from a cartoon depicting the president sparing the life of a bear cub while hunting

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teddy bear

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English Language Learners Definition of teddy bear

: a soft toy bear

teddy bear

noun
ted·​dy bear | \ ˈte-dÄ“- How to pronounce teddy bear (audio) \

Kids Definition of teddy bear

: a stuffed toy bear

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