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English Dictionary: toboggan by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toboggan
n
  1. a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front
v
  1. move along on a luge or toboggan
    Synonym(s): toboggan, luge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, n. [Corruption of American Indian
      odabagan a sled.]
      A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or
      both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined
      planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by
      hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also {tobogan}, and
      {tarbogan}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tobogganed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Tobogganing}.]
      To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
      --Barilett.
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