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motor toboggan
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track.
See: autoboggan,motorized sled,motorized toboggan,power toboggan,skidoo,ski-scooter,snow-bug,snow-buggy,Snow Cruiser,snowmobile(meaning 1),snow scooter,toboggan ((n.)) (def. 5),ski-sled
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1948
. . . replacing the old-fashioned dog team and sled, [are] . . . motor toboggans and " snow tractors " which attain a speed up to 35 miles per hour and manoeuver in almost any kind of terrain.
1963
Whizzing through the bush on a motor toboggan is an adventure. These machines, which cost $700 or $800, travel up hill, down dale and across frozen lakes with ridiculous ease.
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