During its peak, East Park was the place for picnics, events, rifle shooting, races, toboggan rides, hot air balloons and even parachute jumps.—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024 Constructed from plastic or wood, toboggans are long and rectangular, often fitting two people.—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
Verb
By the end of their nine-hour workday, the red-jacketed patrollers had tobogganed out multiple knee injuries and a broken ankle, responded to a few crashes with trees and patched one bloody chin.—Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023 Brandon Smith bought Legion FC toboggans for himself and his 10-year-old daughter from the merchandise tent.—Cheryl Wray, al, 9 Feb. 2020 See all Example Sentences for toboggan
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Canadian French tobogan, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac tobâgun drag made of skin
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