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(tə bäg′ən)

noun

a long, narrow, flat sled without runners, made of thin boards curved back at the front end and often having side rails: often used for the sport of coasting down a prepared slope or chute

Origin: CdnFr tabagan, tobagan < an Algonquian language: cf. Micmac topaĝan

intransitive verb

to coast, travel, etc. on a toboggan
to decline rapidly: prices tobogganed

Related Forms:

tobogganer noun or tobogganist

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noun

A long, narrow, runnerless sled constructed of thin boards curled upward at the front end.

intransitive verb to·bog·ganed, to·bog·gan·ing, to·bog·gans

To coast, ride, or travel on a toboggan.
Slang To decline or fall rapidly: His good fortune has tobogganed.

Origin:

Origin: Canadian French tobagan

Origin: , from Micmac topaghan

Related Forms:

to·bogˈgan·er, to·bogˈgan·ist noun

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