Brogues

• brogue: (Anglo-Irish) a heavy shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in Scotland and Ireland; a strong oxford shoe, usually with ornamental perforations and wing tips
  • Brogues

• bróg: (Irish) shoe → goody quickenshoon in the same line

• brogue: (Anglo-Irish) an accent, especially an Irish accent
  • Finnegan's Wake: (song) “He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet” → so rich in sweat

• as ignorant as a kish of brogues: an Irish expression