brogue

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His face relaxes: he turns quietly, and gravely takes off his hat to the tuft, addressing the insect in a brogue which is the jocular assumption of a gentleman and not the natural speech of a peasant THE MAN.

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  1. noun A heavy shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in Scotland and Ireland.
  2. noun A strong oxford shoe, usually with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
  3. noun A strong dialectal accent, especially a strong Irish or Scottish accent when speaking English.

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  • Since his brogue was Celtic ( tau Gallicum ) he could readily make a plausible story of being British. —  Vergil
  • The speeches in Irish brogue, Teutonic Jargon, and down-east Yankee dialect, with utterances interposed here and there by solemnly priggish members, were inimitable. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
  • I chanced an answer, praying it didn't call for a brogue or falsetto or some other giveaway trait. —  EQMM,February2008
  • The Corporal speaks in the broadest Irish brogue, and is telling his hearers that he knew the fellow was a sesesh at once; that he leveled his musket at him and towld him to halt; that if he hadn't marched straight up to him he would have put a minnie ball through his heart; that he had his gun cocked and his finger on the trigger, and was a mind to shoot him anyway. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
  • He spoke so fast, his words tripped together, and his brogue was as thick as her mama's stew. —  Garwood, Julie - Saving Grace
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  1. Irish and Scottish Gaelic bróg, from Old Irish bróc, shoe, possibly from Old Norse brōk, legging, or from Old English brōc; see breech.
  2. Probably from the brogues worn by peasants.

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  1. Scots brog, brogue, from Gaelic Irish brōg, a shoe, Gaelic also a hoof. The brogue was made of rough hide; it was regarded as characteristic of the wilder Irish, and so the name came to designate their manner of speaking English.
 

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