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brogan en · NOUN

Etymology

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

Meanings

1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
   • Whoever's idea it was to depict Eddie Kendricks wearing an oversized orange sweater, baggy pants, and dull brown brogan loafers on the cover should have been fired. (Can we date this quote?), Andrew Hamilton, “Something More Review”, in allmusic.com, archived from the original on 10 May 2013, people:
   • The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet. 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 65:

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