skivvy

4 definitions • 3 examples

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.

a tight-fitting piece of clothing for the top part of the body, made of knitted cotton, with a high, round collar

underwear:

I wouldn't strip down to my skivvies for any amount of money.

to do the dirty, unpleasant jobs in the house:

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