skiffle group
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8.1
- noun
- Archaic
:
grupo de skiffle
- The lively sound of the skiffle group filled the air as they performed on the street corner.
Examples
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After school, my friends and I practiced together in our skiffle group, using makeshift instruments we created ourselves.
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Before that I was in a group called The Creatures-a skiffle group.
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During the 1950s, many teenagers formed a skiffle group that played at local community centers.
Synonyms
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2.3
People who play music together for a crowd
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a band that plays skiffle music' is directly and compositionally derived from 'skiffle' (a music style) + 'group' (a collection of people). This is a regular noun + noun combination following common English compounding patterns and would be immediately understood by a B1 learner who already knows both constituents.
Etymology
Skiffle group comes from 1950s Britain, when young people formed bands using cheap, homemade instruments like washboards and a wooden box used as a bass. The word skiffle suggested a rough, lively street-style sound, so a skiffle group means 'a band that plays simple, homemade folk and blues songs'.