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skivvied

skivvied is the simple past and past participle of skivvy.

Meaning of skivvy

Verb

skivvy (third-person singular simple present skivvies, present participle skivvying, simple past and past participle skivvied)

  1. (intransitive) To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant.
    • We went out by turns, or sent out the apprentices who skivvied for us, to fetch in roast pork […]1930, Owen Lattimore, chapter 1, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, page 9

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Questions about skivvied

What is skivvied the simple past and past participle of?
Skivvied is the simple past and past participle of skivvy.

Words near skivvied in the dictionary

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

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