Etymology

ogin

o·gin
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Today it means: A large body of water including the sea or the ocean. Full definition →

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The story

Unclear. Among various suggestions, it may be a corrupted form of hogwash (“swill”), of noggin (“a small measure of an alcoholic drink”), or of ocean.

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