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noggin
noun
A small mug, cup or ladle.
1889:
s:Author:Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle,
s:The Parson of Jackman's Gulch, The Parson of Jackman's Gulch
:Here Nat Adams, the burly bar-keeper, dispensed bad whisky at the rate of two shillings a , or a guinea a bottle...
(
dated
) A measure equivalent to a gill. Also possibly linked to the phrase "naggan of vodka" (a small bottle of vodka).
1836:
s:Author:Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens,
s:The Pickwick Papers/Chapter 49, The Pickwick Papers
:I don"t know whether...you...ever...went out to a slight lunch of a bushel of oysters, a dozen or so of bottled ale, and a or two of whiskey to close up with.
(
slang
) The head.
2003:
James D. Doss,
Dead Soul
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0312317441&id=LYVtbyi2BFEC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&ots=caRgQRq-7E&dq=%22bumped+his+noggin%22&sig=q5kBJVoKK15FwmN_EhcNVQeTPV4
:Or maybe he bumped his when he fell down"after he got clipped on the legs.
2003:
John Farris,
The Fury and the Power
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0312877285&id=YNLXjR-BKSQC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&ots=Bz5V2NIwpI&dq=%22bumped+her+noggin%22&sig=iYyYDUozgqkUxVL0dFJVLrZubvc
:She bumped her on the bulkhead above the doorway, smiled in apology for her presumed clumsiness.
Etymology:
From
naigín
, or (
Gael.
)
noigean
. Compare with
nog
.
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