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Sledding

noun

The sport of riding on a sled or sleigh.

Advancing toward a goal. Synonym: going. "The proposal faces tough sledding"

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"Sledding" Quotes from Famous Books

... I shall never forget those forays through the woods," said Morton, "over hill and hollow, in search of nuts, or berries, or wild-grapes, or meadow-plums—the fishing and swimming in summer, the snow-balling, and sledding, and skating, in winter! an innocent and happy set of ...

— The Island Home • Richard Archer

... see where you're going to get off. You seem to think there is a fortune in this business. I'll tell you there isn't. It's hard sledding to make both ...

— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

... rather rough sledding, to be sure, and as the bicycle wheels pounded over the turf the boys had to hold on ...

— The Aeroplane Boys Flight - A Hydroplane Roundup • John Luther Langworthy

... logs were hitched together by chains, and dragged down from the upland wood-lots. Under these mighty loads the snow-tracks got an almost icy polish, prime sledding for country sleighing parties. Sometimes a logging-bee was made to clear a special lot for a neighbor, and a band of wood-choppers worked all day together. It was cheerful work, though the men had to stand all day in the snow, and the thermometer was below zero. But there ...

— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle

... for a rainy day fall back," he said. "You and Elsa aren't going to have smooth sledding for a ...

— The Forbidden Trail • Honore Willsie

Words linked to "Sledding" : tobogganing, accomplishment, sled, achievement, going, sport, athletics