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brogues

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clodhoppers
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The manager pieced together a full ensemble of kilt, jacket, sporran, hose and brogues.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

“Don’t you know the camera requires subtlety?” her mother says in the broadest of stage brogues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Accessories included two-tone brogues as well as fringed shawls and berets with beaded fringes.

From Reuters ● Feb. 26, 2023

A woman dressed in brown suede brogues and a below-the-knee skirt, her legs obscured by stockings.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

They were custom made and there beside the cheap tan brogues of the farmer they had the elegantly slender well-bred appearance of fine gloves.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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