Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sleigh constructed upon the same principle as a bob-sled.
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Examples
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Regardless of bushes and brush heaps, they tear their way through; but as they emerge, the hind bob-sleigh catches a root, and, with a crash, the sleigh is hurled high into the air.
The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty
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The front seat was the honor place in bob-sleigh, coach or hack,
Just Folks 1920
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Railways had supplanted ox-cart and bob-sleigh as the freighters of the plains; the farmer read his daily paper on the porch after supper, while his sons and daughters drove to town in "top" buggies, tailor-made suits, and patent-leather shoes.
The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Robert J. C. Stead 1919
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Peter had hardly shaken hands and tucked the four boys snugly into his big bob-sleigh, before the names slipped off his tongue
The Shagganappi 1913
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Bobby liked the winter, because he could coast on the Little Hill and take rides in the big bob-sleigh.
Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm Helen Fuller Orton 1913
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Before long, father was at the door with the big bob-sleigh drawn by
Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm Helen Fuller Orton 1913
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I'd like to go tearing down a hill on a bob-sleigh.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907
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The improvised bob-sleigh worked admirably, and if it happened to catch, there was always the banister to clutch at.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907
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A babel of tongues arose from the sweeping, creaking bob-sleigh, and rose into the silent air like a mighty peal of laughter.
Prairie Folks Hamlin Garland 1900
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Regardless of bushes and brush heaps, they tear their way through; but, as they emerge, the hind bob-sleigh catches a root, and, with a crash, the sleigh is hurled high in the air.
Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898
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