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brogues

NOUN
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

Never wore anything besides pants and brogues; didn’t even put on a dress when her mama died.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2020

A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner’s brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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