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Bobsledder

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bob·sled

   [bob-sled] noun, verb, -sled·ded, -sled·ding.
noun
1.
a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
2.
a sled formed of two short sleds coupled one behind the other.
3.
either of the sleds thus coupled.
verb (used without object)
4.
to ride on a bobsled.

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Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; bob2 + sled

Related forms
bob·sled·der, noun
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bobsled
1839, from bob (2) + sled. So called because it is a short type.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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