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Noggin n.

A small mug or cup.

A measure equivalent to a gill. Hence: A small quantity of a beverage. (Prov. Eng.)

The head (of a person). (slang)

Synonyms: noodle, noddle.

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Etymology of 'Noggin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Noggin" Quotes from Famous Books

... thrown my lapstone at him, if I could have got my window open," said Mr. Leatherby. Mr. Noggin, the cooper, who had taken refuge in Leatherby's shop, afterwards said that Leatherby was frightened half to death, and kept saying, "Just as like as not he will make a spring and dart ...

— Winning His Way • Charles Carleton Coffin

... shore, and for the most part landed her bales and kegs in spite of the vigilance of the coast guard. So there were plenty of places scattered all over the moorland where tobacco could be bought cheap, and where when the right signal was given a noggin of spirits could be had from the keg which was lying concealed in the wood stack or rubbish heap. What drunkenness there was on the moors profited his majesty's ...

— Through the Fray - A Tale of the Luddite Riots • G. A. Henty

... supply into the house and drink when nobody is looking. I've seen the boy from the Pilchards deliver a bottle there almost every Saturday. . . . So, the publics being closed this morning, he can't help himself but go off with (I dare say) a noggin of Plymouth gin for a stiffener; and might, for all we know, be called to the presence of his Maker with it still ...

— Nicky-Nan, Reservist • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)