The cats and the bats—and I hope you dig that one about the bats—played like mad in the backbeat 12, skiffling and skuffling , trying to get under the wire .
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Skiffle
//ˈskɪf.əl//
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In Liverpool, the Quarrymen were one group of teenage Donegan admirers, but there were plenty of others: the Martinis, the Raving Texans, the Bluegenes and the Blackjacks—all skiffling their hearts out .
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They've been skiffling as we talked about in last chapter, and can now play a bit so their interests are broadening.
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