brogan

Example Sentences

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No venue could be more fitting, and the two players coincidentally showed up dressed almost exactly alike, in Hogan-style driving caps, tan-cashmere sweaters, pleated wool trousers and brown-leather brogan shoes.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 20, 2019

In the lobby, the spy paused to scuff at a frayed carpet edge with the toe of one glossy, custom-made Irish brogan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's really something to be that popular when the rest of the children in the class come to school in their one pair of overalls and only pair of brogan shoes."

From Time Magazine Archive

With his brogan shoes and overalls, a tougher kid You never in your life before had saw.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

She is dressed in a slat bonnet, which hides her face in its shadow, brogan shoes, a man's ragged coat, a checkered apron, a dark-colored dress.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)