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A stuffed bear named after a president who refused to shoot one.
means A soft, stuffed toy bear given to children for comfort and cuddling.
from Named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, after a 1902 hunting trip story spread in which he refused to shoot a bear that had been tied up for him. A cartoon of the incident inspired toymakers to name their stuffed bears 'Teddy's bear' — and the name stuck long after the president's name faded from the toy itself.
- origin
- Named for Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 hunting mercy
- first maker
- Morris Michtom sold the first one in Brooklyn
- rival claim
- Germany's Steiff invented it same year, independently
- irony
- Roosevelt actually loved hunting bears, just not that one