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brogan

[ broh-guhn ]

noun

  1. a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.


brogan

/ ˈbrəʊɡən /

noun

  1. a heavy laced usually ankle-high work boot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brogan1

< Irish brógán, diminutive of bróg shoe; brogue 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brogan1

C19: from Gaelic brōgan a little shoe, from brōg shoe; see brogue ²
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Example Sentences

There was in the Legislature, during the deadlock above mentioned, a man whom I will call Brogan.

In essence the bugeye was a large canoe, fully decked, with a fixed rig following that of the brogan.

Thomas Brogan dare not leave the polling-booth for his life, until Mr. Carew took him on his car.

"Private Charles Brogan" is recorded among the surrendering men at the end of the Sonora campaign.

There was in the Assembly a man whom Mr. Roosevelt calls “Brogan.”

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