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brogue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brogan, clodhopper, work shoe |
| Type of | shoe |
Examples of brogue
brogue
The bounce in his walk, as much a part of McIlroy as his Irish brogue, was flat.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Maybe along with his Scottish brogue came his gentle and eloquent way with words.
From the timesunion.com
Then came a call in spring 2011, and the voice had a distinctive Irish brogue.
From the kentucky.com
For some of filmdom's finest, though, the butchering of the brogue is more like it.
From the timesunion.com
We haven't always heard his West Texas brogue in a clubhouse that slowly became his.
From the ocregister.com
Beside her, Hector was shifting from one polished Jermyn Street brogue to the other.
From the express.co.uk
Despite 18 years in the United States, Parkinson retains a tinge of Scottish brogue.
From the heraldtribune.com
Me, I like a big English brogue, pebble-grained, the color of old mahogany.
From the washingtonpost.com
His words stretch out in thick brogue as though he's speaking in a tunnel.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Brogan: a thick and heavy shoe
- A brogue is a strong accent, notably in Irish dialects of English. For example, in the folksong "Finnegan's Wake", the character of the song, Tim Finnegan, was said to have a "beautiful brogue so rich and sweet".
- Brogues, often known as wingtips in the United States, are low-heeled shoes made of heavy leather, originating in Scotland and Ireland as a coarse, usually untanned leather shoe. The term wingtip derives from the toe cap pattern, which forms a W and resembles the profile of spreading bird wings.
- (The Brogues) The Brogues was a Merced, California band formed in 1964 and split in 1965. The members Gary Grubb (better known as Gary Duncan) and Greg Elmore later joined the Quicksilver Messenger Service, a San Francisco-based band that received relatively wide commercial success. ...
- 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 ...
- (BROGUES) early footwear usually of deerskin, laced with thongs. Usually pierced to allow water to drain from shoes.
- An oxford shoe with ornamental perforations
- A heavy oxford-style shoe featuring pinked and perforated detailing.
- Formerly worn in Scotland and Ireland, this oxford-type shoe features ornamental detailing/patterns along the seam.
