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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

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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