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   Jan 20, 2011 · J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1997) finds examples of noggin in the slang sense of "head" going back to 1859 but with reference to the 1820s: noggin n {prob. noggin 'a small mug'} the head; (hence) the mind; consciousness; in phr. off one's noggin insane. Now colloq.

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   There is a town called Ontonagon. It is near Canada. Native people have lived here. French settlers heavily influenced and altered their original language. From the spelling and pronunciation. The word Noggin means like a bowl or basin. Since they lived in a valley type basin they named the town Ontonagon. Idk.

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   Synonyms for NOGGIN: head, skull, dome, pate, bean, noodle, cranium, poll, block, nob ... and possibly find love. ... Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and ...

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   The meaning of NOGGIN is a person's head. How to use noggin in a sentence.

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun noggin. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Irish English and Scottish English. noggin has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. drink (mid 1600s) boxing (mid 1700s) See meaning & use.

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   What does Noggin mean?

   • Noggin is also a building term in Australia for a short piece of wood between two studs in a stud wall. I wonder which meaning came first. Sounds like it's related to "nog", as in "eggnog". Do "noodle" next! In Michigan, USA. There is a town called Ontonagon. It is near Canada. Native people have lived here.

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   What is an example of a Noggin?

   • noggin n {prob. noggin 'a small mug'} the head; (hence) the mind; consciousness; in phr. off one's noggin insane. Now colloq. [First three cited examples:] 1859 "Skit" Fisher's River 35 {ref. to 1820's}: The first idea that entered his noggin" was that he was in a general "still-house" fight.

   What is the origin of "that's using your noggin"?

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   What does it mean if a noggin is a mug?

   • A noggin as a mug was made in Germanic cultures to look like a head. It was a caricature of a head and ugly like a troll's head. So when used to refer to a person's head it has the meaning of the person's head and implies that the person is ugly. Hence, "Use your noggin" and "Got hit in the noggin" both work.

   What is the origin of "that's using your noggin"?

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   Where did Noggin come from?

   • The earliest match that a search of the Chronicling America newspaper database finds for noggin in its original "mug" sense is from a letter from "The Learned Pig" to the editor of the [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] Gazette of the United States & Daily Advertiser (July 17, 1800):

   What is the origin of "that's using your noggin"?

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   Do you know the origin of Noggin as head?

   • I've known this for a long time and didn't know it wasn't common knowledge. The origin of noggin as head is known. As others have mentioned, noggin is also a term for a wooden spar used to reduce twist by way of bracing between wooden beams. There is an alcohol reference, but not the cup or nog ale (Which has separate origins).

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   When was the idiomatic phrase 'off one's Noggin' First used?

   • Lighter's first cited instance of the idiomatic phrase "off [one's] noggin" is from 1942: 1942 Davis and Woolsey Call House Madam 46: The guy who said he wanted a woman with common sense eas off his noggin. And Lighter's first match for "use [one's] noggin" is from 1975: 1975 Mahl Beating Bookie 47: That's where you have to use your noggin!

   What is the origin of "that's using your noggin"?

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