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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as toboggan.

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  • In some localities chebobbin became tebobbin and tarboggin, all three being adaptations in nomenclature, as they were in form, of the Indian toboggan or moose-sled, -- a sledge with runners or flat bottom of wood or bark, upon which the red men drew heavy loads over the snow.

    Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

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