His paisley socks and brown brogues lay uneasily against the lurid seat. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Fun fact: the word brogue is derived from the Gaelic word, bróg, which means "shoe.". From Wordnik.com. [Outblush] Reference
His brogue is pretty clear (he enunicates better that Craig Ferguson) so that would be fun. From Wordnik.com. [David Tennant gets a pilot: If anyone can save NBC, it's The Doctor, right? | EW.com] Reference
Moog: Rhymes with "brogue" or "rogue," not the sound a cow makes. From Wordnik.com. [Create Digital Music] Reference
"I drove another fellow up here last fall that dealt out the same kind of brogue you do.". From Wordnik.com. [The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range] Reference
Lincolnshire brogue, "'as weated ye an 'our or more.". From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Hamlet, he is sure, never articulated with a coarse brogue. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Champney noted that a trace of the rich Irish brogue was left. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
From another quarter, in the rich brogue of the Celt, we have. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
'Paul Armstrong,' he read, with a brogue as wide as the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Not but that she was a nice-looking girl, and had a lovely brogue. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
And then a friendly Irish voice accosted them in unmistakable brogue. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
"Almost as fasht as Oi c'ud walk," replied Gerald in his richest brogue. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
She spoke with a brogue, and they did not notice the peculiar expression. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference
“Thank you Cornelius, I was rather thinking a brogue, perhaps Loake's?”. From Wordnik.com. [Cobbler's Clinch] Reference
"Try it wid wan eye instid," said he, putting on a brogue to match her own. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
I noticed a faint trace of Irish brogue in his accent. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
Every time he departed from his script, the Boston brogue rose to the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Talking The Talk] Reference
They always have great details like the buckle or the stitching or the top of a brogue. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Barnett: Tibi Designer: Fur IN, Studs & Chains OUT for Fall] Reference
"Begorra!" he cried in his rich brogue, "'tis a lovely shindy ye've been after havin '.". From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
"Faith an 'it's hard times with poor Tom," speaks up one of the women, in a deep brogue. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
The chestnut brogue the same colour as Hermione's soft curls, the leather embracing my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Cobbler's Clinch] Reference
"My thong's loose," said he, stooping to fumble with a brogue that needed no such attention. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Nora sang Irish ballads with a delicious brogue that completely captivated the old gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
The brogue shoes would have looked better if the stockings had been of anything but green silk. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
But to do this you had often to stand on a boulder-perch in the water not larger than your brogue. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
They're six shades paler than everyone else and speak in a Scottish brogue so heavy it sounds like another language. From Wordnik.com. [Viva La Franz] Reference
The accounts he gives, in an exaggerated Irish brogue, of his experiences in Minnesota have kept us in fits of laughter. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
The split-screen images are again dazzlingly perfect, but Seamus is nothing but a flimsy brogue and flimsier red whiskers. From Wordnik.com. [Future Shock In The Old West] Reference
His carroty hair and beard were all natural, his name was honestly Patrick, and so for her love, he learned to talk with a brogue. From Wordnik.com. [Of Rainbows and Pots] Reference
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