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pogue¹

  • /poʊɡ/ US
  • /pəʊɡ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊɡ

Where it comes from

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

noun pogues

  1. Ireland 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!'

pogue²

  • /poʊɡ/ US
  • /pəʊɡ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊɡ

noun pogues

  1. dated, slang 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. US, slang A young, male, passive homosexual.

pogue³

  • /poʊɡ/ US
  • /pəʊɡ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊɡ

noun pogues

  1. US, alternative, slang 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.

    Opposite: grunt

Pogue⁴

Where it comes from

Variant of the surname Pollock influenced by Irish póg (“kiss”).

proper noun Pogues

  1. A surname.

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Chicago

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@misc{pogue_2026,
  title = {pogue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pogue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}