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# brogue

noun (brogues)

«brogue» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/#m1)
2. A brogue is a strong accent, the way people speak in parts of Ireland or Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/#m2)

### In the lessons

in Irish tales the word is used for the shoe, and for the speech of Irish people

### Examples

- He polished his brown brogues before the dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/#x1)
- Her brogue made the old words sound lovely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/#x2)
- The name of the sprite comes from an old Irish word for a shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brogue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brogue/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brogue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brogue.html) on Mova free.