Brogues
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Jump to navigationJump to search- brogue: (Anglo-Irsih) a heavy shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in Scotland and Ireland; a strong oxford shoe, usually with ornamental perforations and wing tips
- bróg: (Irish) shoe → goody quickenshoon in the same line
- brogue: (Anglo-Irish) an accent, especially an Irish accent
- as ignorant as a kish of brogues: an Irish expression