naggin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A variant of noggin.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

naggin (plural naggins)

  1. (especially Ireland) A small measure of spirits; alternative form of noggin.
    a naggin of whisky

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. ^ 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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