12 May 2016
brogue(1)
[brohg]
noun
1. an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
2. any strong regional accent.
Origin of brogue(1)
1680-1690; perhaps special use of brogue2
Related forms
broguery, noun
brogue(2)
[brohg]
noun
1. a durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.
2. a coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.
3. brogan.
Origin
1580-90; < Irish brōg shoe, Old Irish brōce; cognate with L. brācae trousers < Gaulish; see breech
brogue(3)
[brohg]
noun, Scot.
1. a fraud; trick; prank.
Origin
1530-40; of uncertain origin
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Examples from the Web for brogue
Contemporary Examples
Anybody who says, “I wantida go ta da terlit on T’oid Avunya” is mixing a Jewish-immigrant accent with an Irish brogue.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview
Alex Belth
February 15, 2014
“My dad freaked out when the tabloid reporter turned up,” Cumming says, in his lilting Scottish brogue.
Alan Cumming: The Truth About My Father
Tim Teeman
October 13, 2014
She chuckled a bit in her confessional Irish brogue, and members of the audience laughed.
Wingnuts Excerpt-Bush Derangement Syndrome
John Avlon
March 31, 2010
Anagram
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bug ore
Today’s quote
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
– Carl Jung
On this day
12 May 1932 – the body of the Lindbergh baby is found near to the Lindbergh residence. The baby was the son of famous aviator, Charles Lindbergh, and had been kidnapped days earlier. The kidnapper had accidentally killed the baby during the kidnapping and abandoned the body in a nearby forest.
12 May 1937 – King George VI is crowned King of Britain (and it’s colonies) at Westminster Abbey, following the abdication of his brother.
12 May 1980 – death of Bette Nesmith Graham. Bette is the inventor of Liquid Paper. Her son, Mike Nesmith, was a member of 1960s UK/American pop/rock band, The Monkees. Born 23 March 1924 in Dallas, Texas.
12 May 1994 – in response to thousands acts of violence in the USA against abortion clinics and their patients, a bill is submitted to President Clinton making it a federal crime to prevent access to an abortion clinic or to threaten or use force against people attending the clinics. The bill resulted in the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act 1994. Between 1978 and 1993 anti-abortion (or pro-life) activists had been responsible for at least 9 murders, 17 attempted murders, 406 death threats, 179 acts of assault, 5 kidnappings of abortion providers, 41 bombings, 96 attempted bombings or arsons, 692 bomb threats, 1993 incidents of trespassing, 1400 incidents of vandalism and 100 attacks with butyric acid (stink bombs).