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brogue
     1. n. A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of
     2. n. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
     3. n. (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
     4. v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
     5. v. (intransitive) To walk.
     6. v. To kick.
     7. v. To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
     8. v. (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters



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