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  • noun Plural form of toboggan.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toboggan.

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Examples

  • 2 - Then back to stack the three "toboggans" that slide across Roxy on a pulley system.

    YBW News 2009

  • Going would be very rough for the toboggans since the wet snow would cling to the sleds and freeze.

    HOW JACK LONDON’S CABIN CAME TO CALIFORNIA 2010

  • Mr. Hetteen and three others, including his wife, Bessie, set off from Bethel, Alaska, with three Sno-Traveler snowmobiles towing toboggans loaded with gas and supplies.

    Snowmobile Pioneer Cut a Fast Trail for the Sport Stephen Miller 2011

  • Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.

    The Love-Master 2010

  • Most people wear helmets when biking nowadays, but not everyone feels the need to don head-protective gear when they take out the snowboards or toboggans.

    Marie Pasinski, M.D.: Tips For Avoiding Winter Falls M.D. Marie Pasinski 2011

  • One day we went up to the Williams hut, warmed ourselves with hot chocolate piled with cream and then swapped our skis for old-fashioned toboggans before chasing each other down a 3km run to the foot of the chairlift in powder snow as deep as our chests.

    Family ski: never say never in South Tyrol Martin Love 2010

  • Most people wear helmets when biking nowadays, but not everyone feels the need to don head-protective gear when they take out the snowboards or toboggans.

    Marie Pasinski, M.D.: Tips For Avoiding Winter Falls M.D. Marie Pasinski 2011

  • Orphaned but almost a man, Wyatt moves in with his aunt and uncle and begins making mail-order toboggans.

    Howard Norman's 'What Is Left the Daughter,' reviewed by Ron Charles 2010

  • So, I dug out one of the surviving toboggans sledding on a very steep, icy hill earlier in the season had ripped up most of them, including my 30 year old one from when I was a kid.

    Snow, Glorious Snow arhyalon 2010

  • Shot list: 1. Seals "showing off" 2. Dolphins with swimmers 3. Underwater shots of animals (including the giant sea turtle) 4. Underwater basketball 5. Underwater dinner (with after dinner smoking) 6. Skiing 7. Surf boat crossing breakers 8. River rapids with canoes and kayaks 9. Battle of the toboggans (looks dangerous)

    Archive 2009-01-25 Zen Tiger 2009

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