toboggans
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pluralof toboggan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
toboggannouna 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 formof toboggan (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
toboggannouna 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.
Example Sentences
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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
Her childhood was spent outdoors raking leaves and speeding through the countryside on sleds and toboggans, bikes and boats.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Autumn is faded blue jeans, oversized sweatshirts and stringy toboggans from a forgotten day.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
The local council is always about to run out of grit, and our boiler is definitely jinxed, but come the first snowfall "we are out playing truant with the toboggans".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2013
“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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