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Definition of skiffle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

skiffle

noun

/ˈskɪfl/

/ˈskɪfl/

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a type of music popular in the 1950s, that was a mixture of jazz and folk music
Word Origin1920s: perhaps imitative.

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