SKIFFLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("skiffle" is a kind of...):

popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))

Domain region:

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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