brogan

Example Sentences

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Potato sacks were restitched as dresses for the girls while ugly brogans that didn’t fit had to suffice as shoes.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bill came right from the factory and showed up in his old brogans and his old clunk of a car with a notebook full of songs,” Mr. Jones told Rolling Stone.

From New York Times

The next thing that came into my heart made it sink right down into my brogans.

From Literature

Donoghue’s prose is as sturdy and serviceable as a good pair of brogans, but never nondescript.

From New York Times

King rummaged around, spitting tobacco, and came up with some mud-caked brogans.

From Literature