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toboggan noun [ təˈbɒɡ(ə)n ]

• a long, light, narrow vehicle, typically on runners, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice.

toboggan verb

• slide downhill over snow on a toboggan.
• "my kids love to go tobogganing in the park before Christmas dinner"
Origin: early 19th century: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan ‘sled’.


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