Definitions

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  • noun UK (nautical) (slang) The sea

Etymologies

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Possibly from noggin 'small drinking vessel; small quantity or measure of alcoholic liquor' (compare drink).

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Examples

  • She had to ask around to find out that 'the Andrew' was naval slang for the Royal Navy, just as 'the oggin' or

    Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Does it work now that the 1st (and 2nd?) of the series of ships are floating around the oggin?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Whitecity - totally agree on your points ref airwing - I think the idea that we'll always have a 36 plane CAG pootering about on the oggin is utter rubbish.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • They may have seen the decision to withdraw Endurance as confirmation of their broader analysis arrived at over a period of several years (some might argue going back to the 1960s) but were still sufficiently alarmed by the thought of an SSN marauding about the oggin to bring forward their attack.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • They may have seen the decision to withdraw Endurance as confirmation of their broader analysis arrived at over a period of several years (some might argue going back to the 1960s) but were still sufficiently alarmed by the thought of an SSN marauding about the oggin to bring forward their attack.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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