SKIVVY


Meaning of SKIVVY in English

I. skiv ‧ vy 1 /ˈskɪvi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural skivvies )

1 . [countable] British English a servant who does only the dirty unpleasant jobs in a house:

You iron your shirt – I’m not your skivvy.

2 . skivvies [plural] informal a man's underwear

II. skivvy 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle skivvied , present participle skivvying , third person singular skivvies ) [intransitive] British English

to do all the dirty unpleasant jobs in a house, as if you were a servant

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