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skivvying

skivvying is the present participle and gerund 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 skivvying

What is skivvying the present participle and gerund of?
Skivvying is the present participle and gerund of skivvy.

Words near skivvying in the dictionary

  1. skivs
  2. skivvie
  3. skivvied
  4. skivvies
  5. skivvy
  6. skivvying
  7. skivy
  8. skiwampus
  9. skiway
  10. skiways
  11. skiwear

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