• Noggin

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ˈnɑɡɨn/, /ˈnÉ‘É¡nÌ©/
    • UK IPA: /ˈnɒɡɪn/
    • Rhymes: -ɒɡɪn

    Origin

    Origin unknown. (Irish naigín, Scottish Gaelic noigean are both from English.) Compare nog.

    Full definition of noggin

    Noun

    noggin

    (plural noggins)
    1. A small mug, cup or ladle.
      • 1889, Arthur Conan Doyle, Here Nat Adams, the burly bar-keeper, dispensed bad whisky at the rate of two shillings a noggin, or a guinea a bottle…
    2. (dated) A measure equivalent to a gill. Also possibly linked to the phrase “naggin of vodka” (a small bottle of vodka).
      • 1836, Charles Dickens, 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 noggin or two of whiskey to close up with.
    3. (slang) The head.

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