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skivvie

skivvie is the alternative form of skivvy.

Meaning of skivvy

Noun

skivvy (plural skivvies)

  1. (dated) A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
    • 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.1974, Simon Raven, Bring Forth the Body: Alms for Oblivion, volume 3, published 2012, page 194
  2. (slang, Vietnam War) A prostitute.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, US) A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
    • 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.1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 30

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Forms of skivvie

pluralskivvies

Questions about skivvie

What is skivvie the alternative form of?
Skivvie is the alternative form of skivvy.

Words near skivvie in the dictionary

  1. skivies
  2. skiving
  3. skiving off
  4. skivings
  5. skivs
  6. skivvie
  7. skivvied
  8. skivvies
  9. skivvy
  10. skivvying
  11. skivy

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