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ALL meanings of brogue

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  • singular noun brogue If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots. 3
  • countable noun brogue Brogues are thick leather shoes which have an elaborate pattern punched into the leather. 3
  • noun brogue a broad gentle-sounding dialectal accent, esp that used by the Irish in speaking English 3
  • noun brogue a sturdy walking shoe, often with ornamental perforations 3
  • noun brogue an untanned shoe worn formerly in Ireland and Scotland 3
  • noun brogue the pronunciation peculiar to a dialect, esp. that of English as spoken by the Irish 3
  • noun brogue a coarse shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in Ireland and Scotland 3
  • noun brogue a man's heavy oxford shoe, usually with decorative perforations and a wing tip 3
  • noun brogue accent, esp. Irish 1
  • noun brogue Scottish shoe 1
  • noun brogue a fraud; trick; prank. 1
  • noun brogue (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather. 0
  • verb brogue (Transitive Verb) VI To speak with a brogue (accent). 0
  • verb brogue (Intransitive Verb) To walk. 0
  • verb brogue (Transitive Verb) To kick. 0
  • verb brogue (Transitive Verb) To punch a hole in, as with an awl. 0
  • verb brogue (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters. 0
  • noun brogue 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. 0
  • noun brogue A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips. 0
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