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to·bog·gan (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
Etymology: 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 to·bog′·ganer noun or tobogganist to·bog′·gan·ist
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