toboggan
noun/təˈbɒɡən/
/təˈbɑːɡən/
- a long, light, narrow sledge (= a vehicle that slides over snow) sometimes curved up in front, used for sliding down slopesTopics Sports: other sportsc2, Games and toysc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac (an Algonquian language) topaĝan ‘sled’.
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