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toboggans

  • plural
    of toboggan.
    toboggan
    noun
    a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
  • present tense form
    of toboggan (3rd person singular).
    toboggan
    noun
    a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.

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Scores of daytrippers from the capital, Santiago, took to skis, snowboards and toboggans to make the most of the thick powdery snow, with their faces obscured entirely by a combination of masks and goggles.

From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2021

Autumn is faded blue jeans, oversized sweatshirts and stringy toboggans from a forgotten day.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2018

The best backcountry choices are the classics: toboggans, tubes and saucers.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2017

The winners stepped forward to collect their trophies, which were shaped like miniature wooden toboggans.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017

“You could toboggan very well. Excellent Canadian toboggans are sold in Montreux. Ochs Brothers sell toboggans. They import their own toboggans.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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