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Meaning of skiffling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
  2. Playing skifflemusic.

Examples

“Early reactions show that the time may be right for a heavy and profitable barrage of skiffling.”
“But soon to eclipse even his hearty singing and skiffling were the new groups; rhythm and blues bands which were fast metamorphosing into rock'n'roll bands.”
“You could say many of the lads were into skiffling, and the careers of evergreen Cliff Richard and many others incidentally started off from skiffle bands and eventually reached superstardom .”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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