Brogues | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

brogues
The first word is used in the United States, to distinguish a heavy, coarse shoe, between a boot and...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
brogues
Among seamen, coarse sandals made of green hide; but Shakspeare makes Arviragus put "his clouted bro...

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