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skiffle

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skif·fle  (skfl)
n.
Jazz, folk, or country music played by performers who use unconventional instruments, such as kazoos, washboards, or jugs, sometimes in combination with conventional instruments.
[Origin unknown.]
skiffle1
n
(Music, other) a style of popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
[of unknown origin]
skiffle2
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Ulster dialect a drizzle a skiffle of rain
[from Scottish skiff, from skiff to move lightly, probably changed from skift, from Old Norse skipta shift]
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Noun1.skiffle - a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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skiffle
n → Skiffle m; skiffle group → Skifflegroup f
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Columba Middle School's skiffle group used to play for pensioners and blind people, as well as the usual crowd of pupils at their lunchtime practise sessions.
Skiffle along for a bit of fun; YOUR SHOUT by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
ELECTICAL Skiffle will be rocking Middlesbrough Theatre on Wednesday when Peter Donegan, son of "King of Skiffle" Lonnie, will be bringing his band to town.
Also playing: The Peter Donegan Band by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Byline: Tony Henderson Environment Editor A BAND featuring the son of the late King of Skiffle Lonnie Donegan will be putting on the style for Seaton Delaval Hall.
Electrifying skiffle night for stately home appeal; Top musicians to ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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