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Traditional English :: skiff
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skiff.html - n.
a light rowing-boat or sculling-boat. [F esquif f. It. schifo, rel. to SHIP] |
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Traditional English :: skiffle
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skiff.html - n.
a kind of folk music played by a small group, mainly with a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing guitarist etc. [perh. imit.] |
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Traditional English :: skiff
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skiff.html - n.
a light rowing-boat or sculling-boat. [F esquif f. It. schifo, rel. to SHIP] |
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Traditional English :: skiffle
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skiff.html - n.
a kind of folk music played by a small group, mainly with a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing guitarist etc. [perh. imit.] |
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English Idioms :: skid lid
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skiff.html - {n.}, {slang} A crash helmet worn by motorcyclists and race drivers. * /How much did you pay for that handsome skid lid?/ |
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English Idioms :: skid row
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skiff.html - {n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. * /That man was once rich, but he drank and gambled too much, and ended his life living on skid row./ * /The Bowery is New York City's skid row./ |
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