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toboggan (iou)



toboggan noun & verb. E19.
[Canad. French tabaganne from Micmac topaan sled. Cf. PUNG noun1, TOM PUNG. In sense A.2 directly from the verb.]
A. noun.
A long light narrow sledge, orig. made of a thin strip of wood upcurved in front and used for transport over snow, now usu. consisting of a frame with low runners and used for sliding downhill esp. over compacted snow or ice. E19.
The practice or sport of tobogganing. L19.
fig. A rapid decline, a progression towards disaster. Freq. in on the toboggan. US slang. E20.
A long woollen cap, as worn when tobogganing. Also toboggan-cap. US. E20.
Comb.: toboggan-cap: see sense 4 above; toboggan-chute, toboggan-slide a steep incline for tobogganing.
b. verb intrans.
Ride on a toboggan, esp. downhill over compacted snow or ice. M19.
fig. Slide swiftly and uncontrollably; progress towards disaster; (of prices) fall steeply. L19.
tobogganer noun a person who toboggans L19.
tobogganist noun a tobogganer L19.

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