How do you pronounce ‘toboggan’? And do you wear it on your head or ride it in the snow?
More popular now are the plastic sleds some people also call toboggans, which, like the originals, sit on top of the snow or ...
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How do you pronounce ‘toboggan’? And do you wear it on your head or ride it in the snow?
Not only are there regional differences in how to pronounce the word, we can’t even agree on what it means. In most of the South, a toboggan is a close-fitting knit or fleece head-covering. You ...