Answer:
D. noggin
Explanation:
A noggin was originally meant a quarter of pint in alcohol, or a small cup, glass, mug or drink, it didn´t have the meaning of head up untill late 1800´s and it´s only used that way in american english. Noggin is the word that would be most likely be used in the 1800´s that could indicate that the excerpt was written back then.
