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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 brogue /ˈbrog/
 土音,厚底皮鞋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Brogue n.
 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
 Note:In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume.
 Clouted brogues, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout, v. t.
 2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
    Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue.   --Lloyd.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 brogue
      n : a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, clodhopper, work
          shoe]