Brogues

" And I'm to wear my brogues and run jeopardy of the red-coats to please you?" cries Alan.

Sir Marhaus the king's son of Ireland talks like all the rest; you ought to give him a brogue, or at least a characteristic exple- tive; by this means one would recognize him as soon as he spoke, without his ever being named.

You can spot an Irishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue. I can place any man within six miles.

"I left it on the library table," said O'Brien, his brogue deepening in his disturbed mood.

But he soon gave that up, panting and blaspheming, demanded explanations in his hybrid tongue that had half a brogue and half a burr.

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A BRIT completed a 100-mile ultra-marathon across a frozen Mongolian lake wearing jeans and brogues after an airline lost his specialist kit.

A MAN completed a 100-mile ultramarathon across a frozen Mongolian lake wearing jeans and brogues after an airline lost his specialist kit.

An adventurer completed a 100-mile (160-km) ultra marathon across a frozen Mongolian lake in jeans and brogues after his airline lost his luggage, Daily Mail reported.

If you're considering these brogues - encrusted in gems and gold - as a Christmas gift, they'll set you back a cool PS10,000.

The "Empire Diamond Brogues" are the latest line from House of Borgezie, a Birmingham Jewellery Quarter business that specialises in bling for the super-wealthy.

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