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To: ridesthemiles

Not in The South. Knit caps are commonly called ‘toboggans”. It may have come from ‘toboggan cap or hat’ and eventually the cap or hat was dropped.............


15 posted on 12/17/2013 10:05:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Red Badger
Not in The South. Knit caps are commonly called ‘toboggans”. It may have come from ‘toboggan cap or hat’ and eventually the cap or hat was dropped.............

My dear, departed, Carolina mama used to just call it a 'boggan.

31 posted on 12/17/2013 10:33:37 AM PST by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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