Definitions from Wiktionary (brogue)
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
▸ noun: (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To walk.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kick.
▸ verb: (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
▸ verb: (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
▸ noun: (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To walk.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kick.
▸ verb: (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
▸ verb: (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
Similar:
brogan,
clodhopper,
work shoe,
broganeer,
bog Irish,
Irish English,
Hiberno-English,
brodie,
Irish cockney,
Irishism,
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