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skiffle

1 American  
[skif-uhl] / ˈskɪf əl /

verb (used with object)

skiffled, skiffling

  1. knob.

skiffle 2 American  
[skif-uhl] / ˈskɪf əl /

noun

  1. a jazz style of the 1920s deriving from blues, ragtime, and folk music, played by bands made up of both standard and improvised instruments.

  2. a style of popular music developed in England during the 1950s, deriving from hillbilly music and rock-'n'-roll, and played on a heterogeneous group of instruments, as guitar, washboard, ceramic jug, washtub, and kazoo.

skiffle 1 British  
/ ˈskɪfəl /

noun

  1. a style of popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments

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skiffle 2 British  
/ ˈskɪfəl /

noun

  1. dialect a drizzle

    a skiffle of rain
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Etymology

Origin of skiffle1

Perhaps akin to scabble

Origin of skiffle2

First recorded in 1920–25; origin uncertain

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