Skivvy

//ˈskɪvi// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work. dated

    "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."

  2. 2
    a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work wordnet
  3. 3
    A prostitute. slang
  4. 4
    A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar. Australia, New-Zealand, US

    "Then dark blood squirts from a little hole in Sergeant Gerheim's chest. The red blood blossoms into his white skivvy shirt like a beautiful flower."

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant. intransitive

    "We went out by turns, or sent out the apprentices who skivvied for us, to fetch in roast pork […]"

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