skiffle

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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skiffle (uncountable)

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  1. A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.

Etymology 2

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From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (light rain, snow, etc), which see for more). Related to skift (light dusting of snow).

Noun

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skiffle (plural skiffles)

  1. Synonym of skiff (light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc))
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:skiffle.
    • 1999, Monte Hummel, Wintergreen: Reflections from Loon Lake:
      This is when hardy divers such as American mergansers, goldeneyes, buffleheads, and scaup pay my lake a late staging visit, bobbing on the last patches of open water against the season's first skiffles of snow. Gradually the nights get [colder].