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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