skivvynoun
uk/ˈskɪv.i/us/ˈskɪv.i/skivvy noun (SERVANT)
[ C ] UK informal a person, in the past a female servant, who does the dirty and unpleasant jobs in a house, such as cleaning:
He treats me like a skivvy.
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Servants, slaves & underlings
- below/above stairs idiom
- butler
- clerk
- coolie
- dogsbody
- factotum
- housemaid
- labourer
- lackey
- lapdog
- maid
- majordomo
- puppet
- retainer
- servant
- slave
- slave trade
- slavery
- stair
- valet
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skivvy noun (CLOTHING)
[ C ] Australian English a tight-fitting piece of clothing for the top part of the body, made of knitted cotton, with a high, round collar
skivvies [ plural ] US informal
men's underwear
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Jumpers, shirts & tee-shirts
- blouse
- bodysuit
- boob tube
- cardigan
- cardy
- Hawaiian shirt
- hoodie
- jersey
- kameez
- kurta
- roll neck
- shirt
- sweater
- sweatshirt
- T-shirt
- turtleneck
- twinset
- V-neck
- vest
- woolly
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Underwear
skivvyverb [ I ]
uk/ˈskɪv.i/us/ˈskɪv.i/UK informalto do the dirty, unpleasant jobs in the house:
I'm not going to skivvy for you any more.
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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