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Brogue Common

Brogue has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a thick and heavy shoe

2

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.

Verb
1

To speak with a brogue (accent).

2

to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shoe
Rhyming Words
gue ague orgue bogue vogue logue gigue digue segue cogue rogue hogue fugue hague togue vague pogue argue bague coigue
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