What Is a Toboggan: Hat or Sled?
By KRC
A Toboggan Is a Hat to Southerners
Here's what I found out on my end. From the research I've done, it appears that the southern region of the United States (the areas that use Southern American English) use the term toboggan to refer to a knit winter hat. This area includes the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Texas. It may also include specific regions of Oklahoma, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia, Florida, southern Indiana, and New Mexico.
If you're in the American South, your toboggan is your hat!
TOBOGGAN CAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toboggan cap mean?
• TOBOGGAN CAP (noun)
The noun TOBOGGAN CAP has 1 sense:
1. a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tasselplay
Familiarity information: TOBOGGAN CAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOBOGGAN CAP (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ski cap; stocking cap; toboggan cap
Hypernyms ("toboggan cap" is a kind of...):
cap (a tight-fitting headdress)
Dam Yankees dont know a sled from a hat! 