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noun
1.
a durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.
2.
a coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.
3.
Origin:
1580–90; < Irish brōg shoe, Old Irish brōce; cognate with L. brācae trousers < Gaulish; see breech
1580–90; < Irish brōg shoe, Old Irish brōce; cognate with L. brācae trousers < Gaulish; see breech
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Brogue
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World English Dictionary
brogue1 (brəʊɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a broad gentle-sounding dialectal accent, esp that used by the Irish in speaking English | |
| [C18: probably from | |
| brogue2 (brəʊɡ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sturdy walking shoe, often with ornamental perforations |
| 2. | an untanned shoe worn formerly in Ireland and Scotland |
| [C16: from Irish Gaelic bróg boot, shoe, probably from Old Norse brōk leg covering] | |
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Word Origin & History
brogue
type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from O.Ir. broce "shoe," thus originally meaning something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Or perhaps it is from O.Ir. barrog "a hold"
(on the tongue).
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Example sentences
When he became excited, however, this brogue grow thicker.
Her coworker pointed out, in a thick brogue, that she had failed to press the sign of the cross into the top before cooking it.
He talked with a perceptible, but not pronounced, brogue.
Along the way, there is much kicking around of the brogue by all and sundry.
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