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pogue

See also: Pogue and pogué

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace.

Noun edit

pogue (plural pogues)

  1. (Ireland) A kiss.
    • c1670, anonymous author, “Purgatorium Hibernicum”, in Andrew Carpenter, editor, Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland‎[1], Cork University Press, published 2003, page 416:
      '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!'
    • c1707, Henry Playford, Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy: Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune for Either Voice, Or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set.‎[2], volume 4, London: W. Pearson for J. Tonson, page 278:
      […] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

pogue (plural pogues)

  2. (dated, slang) A purse; hence, money.
  3. (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

pogue (plural pogues)

  1. (US, military slang) Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”)
    Alternative form: POGUE
    Antonym: grunt
    • 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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Verb edit

pogue

  1. to strike, to kill

Further reading edit

  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643
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