Definitions
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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