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skivvy
1[ skiv-ee ]
noun
- Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- skivvies, underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts.
- a thin sweater with a round neck, usually worn over a blouse, turtleneck, or the like.
skivvy
2[ skiv-ee ]
noun
- a female servant, especially a chambermaid.
verb (used without object)
- to work as a skivvy.
skivvy
1/ ˈskɪvɪ /
noun
- slang.a man's T-shirt or vest
- slang.plural men's underwear
- a garment resembling a sweater with long sleeves and a polo neck, usually made of stretch cotton or cotton and polyester and worn by either sex
skivvy
2/ ˈskɪvɪ /
noun
- derogatory.a servant, esp a female, who does menial work of all kinds; drudge
verb
- intr to work as a skivvy
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Amazon says a better measure is body fat percentage, which it calculates by asking you to stand in front of your phone’s camera in your skivvies for a 360-degree photo shoot and then sending the shots to Amazon’s cloud for analysis.
It gets better: he also models the skivvy styles, in all of his ripped soccer star glory.
"I ain't no skivvy," he protests all the time, but every little odd job gets done.
The servant is a servant, a "slavey," a "skivvy," a "Mary Jane."
Mrs. Tams was the general servant; what Louis occasionally called "the esteemed skivvy."
She that was waiting on you, she's got you to skivvy for her now!
Suppose you send that goggle-eyed skivvy of yours on an errand.
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