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present participle and gerund of toboggan quotations examples
A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline.
1902, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries
I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.
2006, Keith Dixon, Altered Life
usually uncountable, plural tobogganings
The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. quotations examples
As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements.
1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography
Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing.
2004, Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin
There are many winter activities if skiing or snowboarding aren't on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing, and more.
2006, Brenda Koller, The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide