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