skiffle
IPA: skˈɪfʌɫ
noun
- A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.
- Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”)
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Examples of "skiffle" in Sentences
- Country, skiffle and all that jazz.
- Harry ebb became interested in skiffle.
- He was captivated by skiffle and American rock'n'roll.
- The result of the debate was 'redirect to Skiffle music'.
- Many early Beatles songs melded rock and roll with British Skiffle.
- The group formed in 1956 in Birmingham, as the Clarion Skiffle Group.