noun
- a domestic servant, especially one who does menial work
- a thin, close-fitting undergarment or T-shirt
Usage: British; informal
Usage: British; Australian
verb
- to work as a servant doing menial tasks
Usage: British; informal
Examples
- She worked as a skivvy in the large house for several years.
- The hotel hired extra skivvies for the busy summer season.
- He wore just a white skivvy under his jacket.
- She bought a pack of cotton skivvies for her son.
- He had to skivvy for his older brothers when he was young.
- The new employee felt like she was skivvying around the office.
- They made him skivvy in the kitchen all day.