brain-pan

I could swear I hear beans rattling around inside her brain-pan every time I see her speak on TV.

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The imaginary river that fecundates the flood-plain in the brain-pan belongs to the simulacral Troy, parvam Troiam, that Andromache builds in the Aeneid, in captivity, after her city was destroyed.

An Excess of Reality : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

No difference has ever been found among sound brains that have been dissected; indeed, it is very likely that the brain-pan of a blockhead would be found in a better state than that of Archimedes, which has been prodigiously fatigued, and may be worn and contracted.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Our space-ship Aniara travels on in something that does not possess a brain-pan and does not even need the stuff of brains.

Harry Martinson: Catching the Dewdrop, Reflecting the Cosmos 2004

The narrator explains that Sancho is a labourer ‘without much salt in his brain-pan’.

Archive 2006-01-01 Kirsty 2006

The narrator explains that Sancho is a labourer ‘without much salt in his brain-pan’.

Spanish Inquisition: Part One Kirsty 2006

“And a hard word it is,” said Richie, “as my brain-pan kens at this blessed moment.”

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

Our modern brain-pan does not seem capable as yet of receiving, sorting, and storing the vast army of facts and impressions which present themselves daily.

Jennie Gerhardt 2004

A couple of good whacks, fracturing the skull and causing bleeding in the brain-pan.

Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

“Were I your master, sirrah,” said Lord Dalgarno, “I would make your brain-pan, as you call it, boil over, were you to speak a word in my presence before you were spoken to.”

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004