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brogue (noun):

1 : a stout coarse shoe worn formerly in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands
2 : a heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole
3 : a stout oxford shoe with perforations and usually a wing tip
4 : a dialect or regional pronunciation especially : an Irish accent

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Brogue has two homographs (words that are spelled—and, in this case, pronounced—the same but have different origins or parts of speech). Brogue, the shoe, comes from the Irish word brog and probably derives from an Old Norse term meaning “leg covering.” Brogue, the accent, comes from a different Irish word, barrog, which means “accent” or “speech impediment.

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