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noun a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
originFrom 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0