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Etymology
From Middle English brayn panne, from Old English bræġnpanne, corresponding to brain + pan.
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Noun
brainpan (plural brainpans)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The skull.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The brain or mind.
1822, Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel:‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
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