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BROGUE
brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe
(noun) a thick and heavy shoe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
brogue (plural brogues)
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
Synonyms
• (heavy shoe): brogan
Verb
brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing, simple past and past participle brogued)
(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
(intransitive) To walk.
(transitive) To kick.
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
Etymology 2
Verb
brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing, simple past and past participle brogued)
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
Anagrams
• Burgeo
Source: Wiktionary
Brogue, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.]
1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume. Clouted brogues, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout, v. t.
2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English. Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. Lloyd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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