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In some senses, pogue is marked as dated, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
pogue
/poʊɡ/
noun 4name 1
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1POGUE + NOUN
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noun
1
A kiss.
'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!'
[…] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]
noun
1
A purse; hence, money.
Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good quality.
2
A young, male, passive homosexual.
noun
1
Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”).
2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.
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'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma
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[…] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]
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Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good
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2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon po
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