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brogged

brogged is the simple past and past participle of brog.

Meaning of brog

Verb

brog (third-person singular simple present brogs, present participle brogging, simple past and past participle brogged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
    • D'ye think I was born to sit here brogging an elshin through bend-leather, when sic men as Duncan Forbes, and that other Arniston chield there, without muckle greater parts, if the close-head speak true, than mysell, maun be presidents1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...
    Synonyms:
    broggle

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Questions about brogged

What is brogged the simple past and past participle of?
Brogged is the simple past and past participle of brog.

Words near brogged in the dictionary

  1. Brogden
  2. Brogdens
  3. Brogdon
  4. Brogdons
  5. Brogers Creek
  6. brogged
  7. brogging
  8. broggle
  9. broggled
  10. broggles
  11. broggling

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