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skivvy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | slavey |
| Type of | domestic, domestic help, house servant |
Examples of skivvy
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Here she is his mother who is still, in weary old age, treated as a skivvy.
From the independent.co.uk
Another had to go shopping for underwear for a skivvy-less journalist.
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A scullery maid, otherwise known as a skivvy, was the lowest position possible in a house.
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She was brought to despair after being forced to skivvy for her husband's entire family.
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The humble seaman must learn to live as a lord and the official suitor becomes a sea skivvy.
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We had what we called a skivvy room, where we could go and play.
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I accept that he treated you as a skivvy or a slave, and you were prepared to put up with that.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
She learns to like her snooty fellow skivvy Georgie, indulges in a bit of partying, and embarks on a tentative romance.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Such was his hold over her that Sarah and kids arrived, and Miss Booty was soon reduced to acting as skivvy to them all.
From the independent.co.uk
- 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)
