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Английский Этимологический словарь - brogue

 
 

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Brogue

brogue
- 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1586), via Gaelic or Irish, from O.Ir. broce "shoe," thus, probably, something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue."
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1.
  ~ n 1 a thick strong leather shoe with a pattern in the leather 2 usually singular) an accent (=way of pronouncing words) especially the one used by the Irish or Scottish people ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (brogues) 1. If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots. Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue. N-SING 2. Brogues are thick leather shoes which have an elaborate pattern punched into the leather. N-COUNT: usu pl ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   I. noun  Etymology: Irish brog & Scottish Gaelic brog, from Middle Irish broc, probably from Old Norse brok leg covering; akin to Old English broc leg covering — more at breech  Date: 1584  1. a stout coarse shoe worn formerly in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands  2. a heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole ; brogan  3. a stout oxford shoe with perforations and usually a wing tip  II. noun  Etymology: Irish barrog accent, speech impediment, literally, wrestling hold, tight grip  Date: 1703 a dialect or regional pronunciation; especially an Irish accent ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  1. n. 1 a strong outdoor shoe with ornamental perforated bands. 2 a rough shoe of untanned leather. Etymology: Gael. & Ir. brog f. ON br{oacute}k 2. n. a marked accent, esp. Irish. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. allusively f. BROGUE(1) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  1. грубый башмак 2. спортивный (уличный) ботинок 3. pl. уст. штаны 4. провинциальный (особ. ирландский) акцент 5. шотл. обман, жульничество, мошенничество ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
  I noun грубый башмак II noun провинциальный акцент (особ. ирландский) ...
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