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Brogue
A brogue is a strong dialectal accent, notably in Irish dialects of the English language. For example, in the folksong "Finnegan's Wake", the character of the song, Tim Finnegan, was said to have a "beautiful brogue so rich and sweet".

It is from the Irish (Gaeilge) word "bróg", meaning "shoe". The term has been said to have been coined by an Englishman who met an Irishman whose accent was so thick that he spoke "as though he had a shoe in his mouth", but it more likely derives from the association of Irish workers with their rawhide shoes.

The term is also used in reference to Scottish, and other Gaelic-influenced dialects. The term is sometimes applied to dialects of the Britannic tongues such as Welsh as well.

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In brogue. (British shoes with punched holes)
Jan 20, 1992; In Brogue LONDON (FNS) - The brogue came out of the mists of Ireland. Folklore has it the shoe style was invented by 19th century...
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A British original is back; in brogue. (shoe design) (Special Section: DNR) (Illustration)
Jan 20, 1991; LONDON (FNS) - the brogue came out of the mists of Ireland. Folklore has it the shoe style was invented by 19th century Irish...
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Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: the Story of the Ocracoke Brogue.(Book Review)
Jun 01, 1998; Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue. By Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes. Chapel Hill:...
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Wal-Mart, Slot Machines May Come to Brogue, Pa.-Area.
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`Old Brogue,' New Cheer
Sep 23, 1988; YOU MAY HAVE thought the only wearin' of the green in Great Falls had to do with rough spots on the polo grounds; but in that...
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