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brogue

Irish bróg is a shoe, and the stout brogue shoe kept the name in English, while the Irish diminutive brógán became the American work boot, the brogan. Whether the Irish 'brogue' accent is the same word (the speech of men in brogues) is uncertain.

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From Old Irish to Scottish Gaelic

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