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skivvies::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | underclothes, underclothing, underwear |
Examples of skivvies
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He realized with a jolt that he was the only one stripped down to his skivvies.
From the dallasnews.com
It is a style of wearing pants below the beltline, in a way that reveals the skivvies.
From the al.com
In the first, we see Alice in her skivvies as she wakes up in bed in a fantasy world.
From the orlandosentinel.com
To the quiet tick of a deep-voiced drum, they strip to their skivvies.
From the time.com
He's been known to strip down to his skivvies and dance around when the mood strikes him.
From the thenewstribune.com
There's a new hot soccer player who'll be getting mega-bucks to strip down to his skivvies.
From the courier-journal.com
Think Elizabeth Taylor in her glory, not Lady Gaga in her skivvies.
From the stltoday.com
Each morning, one guy appeared on his balcony in his skivvies, stretching and doing push-ups.
From the newsobserver.com
What's next, 4X daily personnel inspections to ensure the skivvies are stenciled correctly?
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
- A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- (skivvies) men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts
- (Skivvies) Undergarments or underwear are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, urine, semen, feces, and other discharges; shape the body; and provide support for parts of it. ...
- (SKIVVIES) underwear consisting of a shirt and shorts, as derived from a knit "skivvy" shirt; sometimes expressed as "skivvy suit", probably by association with "birthday suit"; also called "smalls" or "u-trou" / "u-trau". See T-SHIRT, SINGLET, CIVVIES, DRESS. ...
- V. 1. To do menial tasks, as in, ``You don't expect me to skivvy for you, do you?'' It may also be used as a noun to refer to one who does menial tasks (e.g. a kind of maid).
- Turtleneck shirt, typically worn as an undergarment in cool weather and usually made of cotton or a cotton blend. A turtleneck sweater would be classified as a "jumper." The Australian Oxford lists skivvy as U.S. and Australian usage: "thin, high-necked, long-sleeved garment. ...
- High-necked top (a turtleneck)
