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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

He might have selected any option from the banquet of contemporary pieties and shown Finch stomping it with her sensible brogues.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

On her feet she wore flat-heeled brown brogues with leather flaps.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl


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