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Verb
/ˈskivē/,
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skivvies, plural;
  1. Do menial household tasks; work as a skivvy

Noun
  1. Underwear, esp. a set consisting of undershirt and underpants, or just the underpants

  2. A lightweight high-necked, long-sleeved garment

  3. An undershirt or T-shirt

  4. A low-ranking female domestic servant

  5. A person doing work that is poorly paid and considered menial

  1. a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
  2. (skivvies) men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts
  3. (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. ...
  4. (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. ...
  5. (Skivvies) Originally a trademarked term used in the men’s undergarment industry. Now in the common vernacular, used to mean any form of male underwear.
  6. 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).
  7. 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. ...
  8. high-necked top (a turtleneck)