Meaning of pogue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kiss.
   Ireland
2. A purse; hence, money.
   dated, slang
3. A surname.
4. A young, male, passive homosexual.
   US, slang

Examples

“'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!'”

“[…] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]”

“Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good quality.”

“2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.”

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