Teddy bear yana daya daga cikin shahararrun nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan kayan wasan kwaikwayo masu laushi a cikin karni na 20 da farkon karni na 21: wani nau'in wasan kwaikwayo na kayan wasa mai laushi. A Yammacin Turai da Amurka, an san shi da sunan "Teddy" (Turanci teddy bear, Jamus Teddybär), wanda aka danganta da sunan shugaban Amurka Theodore Roosevelt. A cikin harshen Rashanci an kafa sunan "teddy bear", ko da yake yanzu ba duk nau'in wasan kwaikwayo na irin wannan nau'in ba ne. Teddy bears daga kamfanoni daban-daban na Turai da Amurka na farkon karni na 20 (wanda aka yi kafin yakin duniya na biyu) sanannen kayan tattarawa ne. A shekara ta 1902, shugaban Amurka Theodore Roosevelt ya keɓe wani baƙar fata Ba'amurke akan farauta, wanda ƙungiyar farauta tare da karnuka suka kora, an kashe rabin-kashe kuma an ɗaure su da itace (willow). An gayyaci Roosevelt don harba ganima. Ya ki yin hakan da kansa, yana mai cewa “marasa wasa ne”, amma ya umarce shi da a harbi beyar domin ya ƙare azabarsa [bayyanai].