"brain bucket" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987 July 7, Susan Bickelhaupt, \"Tour de France Packed Solid,\" Boston Globe, Sports p. 33",
          "text": "Roy Knickman of 7-Eleven said he fears more crashes today and will not keep his helmet far from sight. \"I always wear my brain bucket,\" he said."
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        "A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat."
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        "(idiomatic, sometimes humorous) A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat."
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          "ref": "1856, Frederick W. Saunders, “A Yarn in The Long Boat”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 4, number 4, page 326",
          "text": "[H]e fetched me such a clip on top of my brain-bucket as to drive all my senses clear down into my boots.",
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          "ref": "1880, Daniel Wise, chapter 6, in Oscar's Boyhood; or, The Sailor's Son",
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