Definition of "toboggan" [to•bog•gan]

• A long, narrow, runnerless sled constructed of thin boards curled upward at the front end. (noun)
• To coast, ride, or travel on a toboggan. (verb-intransitive)
• Slang To decline or fall rapidly: His good fortune has tobogganed. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Indeed the toboggan was a real hill of ice now, though the frozen covering was thin."
• "In soft snow on a level surface like the river bed or through the Flat country, generally, the toboggan is much the more convenient vehicle, for it rides over the snow instead of ploughing through it, but on hard snow anywhere or on grades the toboggan is a nuisance."
• "We each of us had manufactured a toboggan, which is a small sleigh composed of a long thin slip of willow wood turned up in front."