There are nearly 100 registered trademarks including the phrase "teddy bear;" marks consisting entirely of the exact phrase are...
The phrase itself, to indicate a stuffed animal in the shape of a bear, is fair game.
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"Osito" is Spanish for "little bear." It is often used as a term of endearment or as a cute nickname for someone.
The term teddy bear is usually used to refer to a stuffed animal toy, which is, of course, an inanimate object which cannot kill you. An actual bear is another matter.
Tootsie and teddy bear are terms of endearment. They begin with the letter t.
to be owned by someone and to work at their farm for free
The Teddy Bear!The lovable stuffed toy, long a gift favorite, was created in honor of our 26th president after he refused to kill a bear cub while on a hunting trip. Soon after, a political cartoon about the episode inspired the first manufacture of the Teddy Bear.Known as 'Teddy', from whence, after an apocryphal incident in which he spared a cub, comes the term 'teddy bear'.Roosevelt's lasting popular legacy, however, is the stuffed toy bears-"teddy bears"http://www.answers.com/topic/teddy-bear-named after him following an incident on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902. Roosevelt famously refused to kill a captured black bear simply for the sake of making a kill. He would not shoot it because it was unsportsmanlike, and ordered it to be released. A local toy maker heard the story and asked TR if he could use his name on a toy bear. Roosevelt approved and the teddy bear was born. Bears and later bear cubs became closely associated with Roosevelt in political cartoons thereafter.
A cheap teddy bear usually refers to both the quality and the price of the stuffed animals. This is one commodity that exhibits a direct variation with price and quality.
1. The act of retaining something. 2. Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.
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The familiar term for a teddy bear is nounours("noo-noorss").The proper expression is "ours en peluche", which literally means "plush bear". There's no exact translation, given that the French never had Teddy Roosevelt as president.
The term pre-owned refers to something that was previously owned and used by someone else. In other words, second-hand or used.
When Teddy Roosevelt was president ( 1901-1909) the teddy bear was first made and named after him. His term in office also named another bear that we still have around today. That is Smoky the Bear. The story goes that a baby bear was found during a forest fire clinging to a tree and saved by the firemen. They took him to the Washington DC zoo and named him "Smoky." Roosevelt is also the president who started our national forest service and set aside the first lands for a national parks system. Thanks to Roosevelt we can have Teddy bears and enjoy the natural wonders of our nation.