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skiffle

1

[ skif-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, skif·fled, skif·fling.


skiffle

2

[ skif-uhl ]

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

/ ˈskɪfəl /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a drizzle

    a skiffle of rain

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


skiffle

2

/ ˈskɪfəl /

noun

  1. a style of popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skiffle1

Perhaps akin to scabble

Origin of skiffle2

First recorded in 1920–25; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skiffle1

from Scottish skiff, from skiff to move lightly, probably changed from skift, from Old Norse skipta shift

Origin of skiffle2

C20: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.

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