Meaning of brogue | Babel Free
/bɹoʊɡ/Definitions
- A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.
- A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
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A heavy shoe of untanned leather. dated
Equivalents
Suomi
murre
Examples
“I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.”
““No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.”
“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.”
“his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.”
“He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.