Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy, ankle-high work shoe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of half-boot in which the part covering the instep is undivided, and broad side-flaps meet above the instep-piece, and are tied by strings.
- noun A boat used on Chesapeake Bay.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A heavy working
shoe ; abrogue
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick and heavy shoe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The astronaut used "brogan maintenance" techniques (he pulled it loose by brute force)!
Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009
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The astronaut used "brogan maintenance" techniques (he pulled it loose by brute force)!
Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009
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This entry was written by Martin Langeveld, posted on February 5, 2009 at 10:47 am, and tagged audience, chris brogan, Mitch Joel, social media, social networking.
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With brogan boots and wrinkled coat i went to join the men.
Fincairn Flax 2000
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All of his attention was there, on that sheet of paper, and it was shocking and sudden when a black brogan clomped down on it, pinning the sheet of paper to the ground.
Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000
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All of his attention was there, on that sheet of paper, and it was shocking and sudden when a black brogan clomped down on it, pinning the sheet of paper to the ground.
Far Beyond the Stars Steven Barnes 2000
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On its left foot, the creature wore a high-heeled slipper, on its right the brogan of a working stiff.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
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Youth Congress I went to in Knoxville where there were miners, people in brogan shoes, overalls, just like they wear jeans around here now.
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Those G.I. brogan shoes were murder on my feet, being a city boy most of my life I had always worn low cut shoes or the old fashion high top cotton tennis shoes.
Prolagus commented on the word brogan
Hey, where are all the citations for Brogan as a proper name?
April 14, 2011
JimPeters commented on the word brogan
To Progasus: They were removed, along with my complaint (as it should). I am gratified to see that comments are attended to. However, in this case, although the capitalized entries were apparently blanket removed, the three citations one first sees are also useless for other reasons. Although I can appreciate that culling the caps is a practical approach, it is not a substitute for reviewing the examples.
April 14, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word brogan
JP: mine was a mildly jocose way of showing you this page. Perhaps those entries were removed, but I'd rather think they are still on the Brogan (capitalized) page and its Wordie section (Brogan).
Someday I will google Progasus and try to understand if yours was a misspelling or a joke as well.
April 14, 2011
bilby commented on the word brogan
Progasus, the winged-lagomorph of the gods!
April 15, 2011