The Only Use of
brogue
in
Into the Wild
- "He seemed extremely intelligent," Franz states in an exotic brogue that sounds like a blend of Scottish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Carolina drawl.†
p. 51.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(brogue as in: an Irish brogue) an Irish (or possibly Scottish) accent when speaking English
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, brogue can reference a type of men's shoe.