brogue

plural brogues

1. A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.

   I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.

   1978, Louis L'Amour, Fair Blows the Wind, Bantam Books, page 62

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   “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.

   2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest, Random House, page 187

   Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.

   2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022

   his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.

   2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman

2. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.

   He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state.

   2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 161

   Synonyms: brogan

3. datedA heavy shoe of untanned leather.

present singular third person brogues · participle present broguing · participle present brogueing · participle past brogued · past brogued

1. intransitivetransitiveTo speak with a brogue (accent).
2. intransitiveTo walk.
3. transitiveTo kick.
4. transitiveTo punch a hole in, as with an awl.

present singular third person brogues · participle present broguing · participle past brogued · past brogued

1. dialectalto fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

1. An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.