brogue1
[brohg]
- an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
- any strong regional accent.
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Origin of brogue1
First recorded in 1680–90; perhaps special use of brogue2
brogue2
[brohg]
- 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.
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Origin of brogue2
brogue3
[brohg]
- a fraud; trick; prank.
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Origin of brogue3
First recorded in 1530–40; of uncertain origin
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Contemporary Examples
I point out that Connery speaks with a brogue and that our character is an American from New York.
“My dad freaked out when the tabloid reporter turned up,” Cumming says, in his lilting Scottish brogue.
Anybody who says, “I wantida go ta da terlit on T'oid Avunya” is mixing a Jewish-immigrant accent with an Irish brogue.
Three types of footwear -- including a brogue, a plimsoll, and an evening slipper -- established the basis for Katrantzou's theme.
She chuckled a bit in her confessional Irish brogue, and members of the audience laughed.
Historical Examples
Also introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to DateAnonymous
Patrick Fitzmaurice, brogue and all, was an Irish gentleman without a flaw.
Stories of a Western TownOctave Thanet
Her brogue was apt to broaden when pleasure pulled down her dignity.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
And now there was only a trace of the brogue in Spud's voice.
The Finding of HaldgrenCharles Willard Diffin
She spoke with a brogue, and they did not notice the peculiar expression.
A Woman for MayorHelen M. Winslow
brogue1
- a broad gentle-sounding dialectal accent, esp that used by the Irish in speaking English
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Word Origin
C18: probably from brogue ², alluding to the footwear of the peasantry
brogue2
- a sturdy walking shoe, often with ornamental perforations
- an untanned shoe worn formerly in Ireland and Scotland
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Word Origin
C16: from Irish Gaelic bróg boot, shoe, probably from Old Norse brōk leg covering
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Word Origin and History for brogue
n.
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).
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