skiffle

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skif•fle¹  (skif′əl), v.t.,  -fled, -fling. 

1. knob (def. 7).

• perh. akin to scabble

skif•fle²  (skif′əl), n. 

1. Music and Dance 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. Music and Dance 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.

• origin, originally uncertain 1920–25

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skiffle /ˈskɪf^əl/ n

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

Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown origin