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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brogues

(1 syl.). Trousers. From the Irish brog, resembling those still worn by some of the French cavalry, in which trousers and boots are all one garment.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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