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English
Etymology
A variant of noggin.
Noun
naggin (plural naggins)
- (especially Ireland) A small measure of spirits; alternative form of noggin.
- a naggin of whisky
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1903), “NOGGIN”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volumes IV (M–Q), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
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