Skivvy Full definition of skivvy Noun (dated ) A female domestic servant , especially one employed for menial work. 1974 , Simon Raven , Alms for Oblivion , Volume 3, 2012, %22skivvies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=rM8JIVnx_C&sig=K6JWKyCnk0c51CK2L210hm7_bI8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RspOUOXtG6WImQWH8YCACQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 194 ,And then Somerset looked at the boys′ skivvy , and saw a well set up young woman with a red round face, an angry face just then but underneath the anger a pleasant one. 2002 , Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George M. Hyde (translator, editor), Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor , %22skivvies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=LrFvuMbEuv&sig=xNmUFxdJ10QrxkRYb_BrWcCKya4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RspOUOXtG6WImQWH8YCACQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 143 ,The common skivvy from the mortuary clings immoveably to the priest′s bed, which is just as immoveably guarded by the grandmother, who drives her off with a chamberpot. The skivvy is the photographer′s widow, trying to take a picture. 2005 , Jenny Telfer Chaplin, The Widow of Candleriggs , unnumbered page ,“...Yes, that was Mac′s Restaurant and I was a kitchen skivvy there, but amazingly, a kitchen skivvy who had actually written a poem. Oh it′s all a very long time ago, Theresa, and so much has happened since then.†(military slang, Vietnam War ) A prostitute . (Australia, New Zealand ) A close-fitting, long-sleeved t-shirt with a rolled collar . 1998 , Tom Byron, The History of Spearfishing and Scuba Diving in Australia , %22skivvies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=o7EX8H9pHM&sig=LBFv5Rexi4g_zbzTZ_RtLfAbaPU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wFPUNOVFqSPmQX1_IDYDA&redir_esc=y page 191 ,I put my wetsuit and skivvy on a tree to dry, and laid out my other gear on some grass. 2005 , Randa Abdel-Fattah , %22skivvies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=UEpfGXYocu&sig=vZ_CWKbb-rOM3ZxaJM-CY9tlJXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wFPUNOVFqSPmQX1_IDYDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 224 ,‘He looks so good. He shouldn′t be allowed to wear a black skivvy . Doesn′t he have the most amazing muscles?’ 2006 , Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970 , %22skivvies%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=y6cdo0h3oz&sig=kT1pkQLRRcM96hlYaJTuTt9SucQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wFPUNOVFqSPmQX1_IDYDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 41 ,The button-down shirts and plain coloured skivvies were replaced by beads, fringed shawls and loose fitting Asian-style tops. © Wiktionary
