noun
definition
A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.
Examples of skiffle in a Sentence
When the skiffle group craze hit Britain in the 1950s he learned a few chords on a second-hand guitar he bought from a classmate.
He plays the double bass in the skiffle band The Dodge Brothers.
The music will be contemporary, ragtime and jazz style with a skiffle / street band sound.
He could be seen playing skiffle in pubs around town and even made several appearances at the legendary 2I's coffee bar in Soho.
He could be seen playing skiffle in pubs around town and even made several appearances at the legendary 2I 's coffee bar in Soho.
Tommy Steele, who later became very famous, first played in a skiffle band.
Also during 1956 he joined with some friends to form a skiffle group called the Worried Men.
His own entry into music came by way of skiffle music, which he loved.
At the time there was the skiffle boom encouraging many teenagers to learn guitar.