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Leddy vs Teddy - What's the difference?

leddy | teddy |

As a noun leddy

is .

As a proper noun teddy is

a diminutive of the male given names edward and theodore.

leddy

English

Noun

(leddies)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1875, author=Various, title=Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875., chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="What's to come o' my leddy ?" }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1906, author=Henry Wallace Phillips, title=Mr. Scraggs, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="'Well,' she says, calmin' down, 'is there e'er an Oirish leddy in the lot?' }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=J.M. Barrie, title=Tommy and Grizel, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="You are a leddy' now, Elspeth," Aaron said, husky with pride, "and you have a ' leddy' s room." }}

    teddy

    English

    Noun

    (teddies)
  • By extension, any stuffed toy.
  • A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
  • * 2003 , Michelle Lee, The Observer , 4 May 03:
  • Silk teddies and negligĂ©es up front, knickers fanned out on tables in the centre, bras hanging in the back - there are no minutes lost finding your bearings.