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Pogue

//poʊɡ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A kiss. Ireland

    "'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!'"

  2. 2
    A purse; hence, money. dated, slang

    "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."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”). US, alt-of, alternative, slang

    "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."

  4. 4
    A young, male, passive homosexual. US, slang

Etymology

From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace.

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