skivvy in English

noun
1
underwear, especially a set consisting of undershirt and underpants, or just the underpants.
Undies, underwear, or skivvies were all deemed acceptable.
2
a lightweight high-necked, long-sleeved garment.
But Couples doesn't wear a skivvy shirt under his golf tunic to minimize the subcutaneous fat.
verb
1
do menial household tasks; work as a skivvy.
Antonin was taken in by a busy cook who offered him bed and board in exchange for skivvying .
noun

Use "skivvy" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "skivvy" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "skivvy", or refer to the context using the word "skivvy" in the English Dictionary.

1. 2 a skivvy in this house.

2. 1 He treats me like a skivvy.

3. 6 He treats his wife like a skivvy.

4. 5 She refused to skivvy for the whole family.

5. 3 You iron your shirt - I'm not your skivvy.

6. 4 I'm not going to skivvy for you any more.

7. 8 I'm no better than a skivvy in this house.

8. 9 I'm no better than ( ie I'm treated like ) a skivvy in this house.

9. Synonyms for Amah include servant, menial, domestic, lackey, retainer, skivvy, slave, drudge, minion and attendant

10. Synonyms for Charlady include char, charwoman, Mrs Mop, housemaid, skivvy, maid, housekeeper, domestic, daily and cleaner

11. 7 Th'bist kitchen skivvy,[www.Sentencedict.com] not a lady who can take trips into the garden when the fancy strikes.

12. 10 Or maybe if he understood the true meaning of 'forced labour' he'd stop complaining about being treated like a skivvy!

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