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Recognizable by the inverted "W" shaped cap pattern on their toes, the Wingtips (known as Brogues outside the U.S.) take away much of the stuffiness around formal shoes without becoming a purely informal shoe.
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[Footnote 6: "Brogues" = shoes.] "Ye're fou, Brockburn, I tellt ye so.
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Backwards novels are a thing I love, and Jenny Turner's LRB essay "Charging about in Brogues" confirms the sense I've already gotten that I can't wait to read Sarah Waters' The Night Watch:
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Brogues were formerly made of raw hides, with the hair inwards, and such are perhaps still used in rude and remote parts; but they are said not to last above two days.
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In Sky I first observed the use of Brogues, a kind of artless shoes, stitched with thongs so loosely, that though they defend the foot from stones, they do not exclude water.
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When you and Brogues said goodbye to Joker, were the posts open for discussion?
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Yeah, Brogues , we all knew this but unfortunately the people who count the most didnt.
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Yeah, Brogues , we all knew this but unfortunately the people who count the most didnt.
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Poor Brogues leans a bit more to the left so I'm stuck watching Rachel Maddow.
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Yeah, Brogues , we all knew this but unfortunately the people who count the most didnt.
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