toboggan

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toboggan[1,noun] toboggan[2,intransitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹to·bog·gan
Pronunciation: t&-'bä-g&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Canadian French tobogan, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac tobâgun drag made of skin
1 : a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
2 : a downward course or a sharp decline
3 chiefly Southern & Midland : STOCKING CAP
[toboggan illustration]