[
UK
/skˈɪvi/
]
NOUN
- a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
How To Use skivvy In A Sentence
- But Couples doesn't wear a skivvy shirt under his golf tunic to minimize the subcutaneous fat.
- Dev was the only one who had tended to treat her like a skivvy. DISPLACED PERSON
- And the choice of placements totally eclipses the old stigma of office typist or work site skivvy.
- He said: ‘Brian is my skivvy, but I will also help him in his preparations.’
- Dev was the only one who had tended to treat her like a skivvy. DISPLACED PERSON
- Be realistic: he is never going to tidy up if he has a skivvy to do it for him and give him back his stuff all sorted, clean, tidy and ready to use.
- Three times a year, UCLA's unofficial Undie Run brings out thousands of skivvy-clad students looking to unwind -- and then some -- from finals week by meeting at midnight to run. The Kept-Up Academic Librarian:
- Her aunt kept her skivvying day and night.
- But skivvying yourself to the bone is all worth it when you finally drag yourself into the sitting room to cuddle up on the sofa with - Not you! Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- Antonin was taken in by a busy cook who offered him bed and board in exchange for skivvying.