brogan

Meanings

Plural: brogans

Noun

a thick and heavy shoe
A heavy working shoe; a brogue.

Origin / Etymology

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

Synonyms

brogue, clodhopper, work shoe

Scrabble Score: 9

brogan is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brogan is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brogan is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

brogan is a valid Words With Friends word