brainpan

[breyn-pan] /ˈbreɪnˌpæn/

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noun

the skull or cranium.

Origin of brainpan

Middle English

Old English

1000

before 1000; Middle English brayn panne, Old English brægenpanne. See brain, pan¹

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What in the name of Heaven has put such ideas into your brainpan?

The Weird of the Wentworths, Vol. 1 Johannes Scotus
The post mortem found out that Gustave had died from a rush of words to his brainpan.

You Should Worry Says John Henry
George V. Hobart

British Dictionary definitions for brainpan

brainpan

/ˈbreɪnˌpæn/

noun

(informal) the skull

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