brogue
IPA: brˈoʊg
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.
- A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
- (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
- (intransitive) To walk.
- (transitive) To kick.
- (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
- (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
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