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- Tagalog
- Tajik
- take
- take account of
- take a decision
- take exception to
- take into account
- take into consideration
- take the initiative in
- talk
- Tamil
- tamper with
- taps
- teach
- tele-
- telephone extensions
- telephone numbers: area code
- telephone numbers: country code
- telephone numbers (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)
- tell
- temporary reprieve
- tendency
- tend to
- tend towards
- terrible tragedy
- tetra-
- thank you
- thank-you
- that
- that being the case
- the fact that
- the few
- their
- the Lakehead
- the Laurentians
- the manner in which
- thence
- thenceforth
- theo-
- theoretically
- the question as to whether
- there
- thereafter
- thereby
- therefor
- therefore
- therm-
- the same
- the way in which
- they’re
- thousand
- Tibeto-
- till
- time of day
- time period
- toboggan
- too many
- topo-
- Toronto
- Torontonian
- total
- to the extent that
- to the manner born
- to the manor born
- toxi-
- toxico-
- tradition
- tragedy
- trans-
- trend
- tri-
- troop
- troupe
- true and authentic
- true fact
- try and
- try to
- tumble
- Turco‑
- Turcoman
- Turk
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Turko‑
- Twelfth Night
- Twitter terminology (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)
- two first
- typical
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toboggan
Note that the word toboggan is spelled with a single b and a double g.
Toboggan can be used as a noun or as a verb:
- John borrowed my children’s toboggan.
- Marissa tobogganed down the hill several times.
- We like to go tobogganing in winter.
Word origin
Indigenous people first built these long, flat-bottomed wooden sleds to transport goods during the harsh Canadian winters. Although many Indigenous groups used this type of sled, the word comes most probably from Maliseet ’tapakon or Mi’kmaq topagan.
In the early nineteenth century, French Canadians borrowed the word and spelled it "tabaganne." The word passed into English from French about 1820, with a spelling change.
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