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Vinony

brogan

noun

  1. heavy, ankle-high leather shoe
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

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).

  1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue.

    “The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet.”

    “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.”