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filksing

filksing noun: a gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance.

filksing: a gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance
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Noun

filksing (plural filksings)

  1. (slang) A gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance.
    • Welcome to the Boskone Filksing!1972, Karen Blank, The Boskone 9 Filk-Song Song Book, Table of Contents
    • The next LA filksing will be February 21st in Garden Grove.2004 February 1, Lee Gold, “Re: work-related ABEND till sometime after 8-February-2004”, in rec.music.filk (Usenet), message-ID <401D226F.5B501A45@comcast.net>

Forms of filksing

pluralfilksings
alternative formfilk sing

Origin of filksing

From filk + sing.

Questions about filksing

What does filksing mean?
Filksing means a gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance.
What part of speech is filksing?
Filksing is a noun.
What is the plural of filksing?
The plural of filksing is filksings.

Words near filksing in the dictionary

  1. filkers
  2. Filkin
  3. filking
  4. Filkins
  5. filks
  6. filksing
  7. filksinger
  8. filksingers
  9. filksinging
  10. filksings
  11. fill

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