brogue

[ brohg ]

/ broʊg /

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noun

an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.

any strong regional accent.

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Origin of brogue

First recorded in 1680–90; perhaps special use of brogue²

Related formsbro·guer·y, noun

brogue

[ brohg ]

/ broʊg /

noun

a durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.

a coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.

brogan.

Origin of brogue

1580–90; < Irish brōg shoe, Old Irish brōce; cognate with L. brācae trousers < Gaulish; see breech

brogue

[ brohg ]

/ broʊg /

noun Scot.

a fraud; trick; prank.

Origin of brogue

First recorded in 1530–40; of uncertain origin

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Examples from the Web for brogue

I point out that Connery speaks with a brogue and that our character is an American from New York.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“My dad freaked out when the tabloid reporter turned up,” Cumming says, in his lilting Scottish brogue.
Alan Cumming: The Truth About My Father|Tim Teeman|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Anybody who says, “I wantida go ta da terlit on T'oid Avunya” is mixing a Jewish-immigrant accent with an Irish brogue.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three types of footwear -- including a brogue, a plimsoll, and an evening slipper -- established the basis for Katrantzou's theme.
Queen of Prints, Mary Katrantzou|Erin Cunningham|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

She chuckled a bit in her confessional Irish brogue, and members of the audience laughed.
Wingnuts Excerpt-Bush Derangement Syndrome|John Avlon|April 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Among these is the Luchryman (Leithphrogan), or brogue maker, otherwise known as Leprechaun.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
His brogue, too, is attractive, sounds so out of place in that atmosphere of Latin and old-world tombs and inscriptions.
Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life|Mary Alsop King Waddington
They could talk to a peasant in the peasant's brogue about his ouïettes and his hemp.
Odd Bits of History|Henry W. Wolff
B—— repeated his inquiry with more emphasis in the hideous Scotch brogue.
The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
It would please Katy immensely to be taken; and the original things she said in her quaint Irish brogue greatly amused Donald.
Her Father's Daughter|Gene Stratton-Porter

British Dictionary definitions for brogue

brogue

/ (brəʊɡ) /

noun

a broad gentle-sounding dialectal accent, esp that used by the Irish in speaking English

Word Origin for brogue

C18: probably from brogue ², alluding to the footwear of the peasantry

noun

a sturdy walking shoe, often with ornamental perforations

an untanned shoe worn formerly in Ireland and Scotland

Word Origin for brogue

C16: from Irish Gaelic bróg boot, shoe, probably from Old Norse brōk leg covering

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Word Origin and History for brogue

brogue

type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from Old Irish broce "shoe," thus originally meaning something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Or perhaps it is from Old Irish barrog "a hold" (on the tongue).

brogue

noun

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