toboggan
noun [C] /təˈbɒɡ.ən/
/-ˈbɑː.ɡən/ Definition
› an object used for sliding over snow and ice which consists of a low frame on which a person or people sitOther winter sports toboggan verb [I] › We could go tobogganing on Primrose Hill.Other winter sports
(Definition of toboggan noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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