brogan

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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

In de winter old Miss made us stockings out of yarn, and we had brogan shoes.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

A brogan dropped a few steps from the start.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod