I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.
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Brogue
//bɹoʊɡ//
Synonyms for "brogue" (12 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- těžká bota noun (A heavy shoe of untanned leather)
Finnish
2 entries- brogue-kenkä noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
- murre noun (A strong dialectal accent)
German
3 entries- Brogue noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
- Budapester noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
- Dialekt noun (A strong dialectal accent)
Polish
4 entries- akcent regionalny noun (A strong dialectal accent)
- brogs noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
- półbut noun (A heavy shoe of untanned leather)
- szkot noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
Russian
4 entries- башма́к noun (A heavy shoe of untanned leather)
- бро́ги noun (A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.)
- грубый башма́к noun (A heavy shoe of untanned leather)
- полуботи́нок noun (A heavy shoe of untanned leather)
Welsh
1 entries- acen wladaidd noun (A strong dialectal accent)
Sample sentences
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“No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.
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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.
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his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.
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