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skip-hop
 n.— «Local hip-hop—or skip-hop as it is sometimes known—is also raising the profile of other rhyming-based performance such as spoken word and poetry slamming.» —“The Good New Days” by Cassandra Wilkinson New Matilda (Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia) May 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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