Usually means: Low-ranking menial laborer or assistant.
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  1. skivvy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skivvy: Merriam-Webster
  3. skivvy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skivvy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. skivvy: Vocabulary.com
  6. skivvy: Wordnik
  7. skivvy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. skivvy: Wiktionary
  9. skivvy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. skivvy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. skivvy: Dictionary.com
  12. Skivvy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. skivvy: Rhymezone
  14. skivvy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. skivvy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Skivvy: The Word Detective
  17. skivvy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. skivvy, skivvy, skivvy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. skivvy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. skivvy: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (dated) A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
noun:  (military slang, Vietnam War) A prostitute.
noun:  (US, Australia, New Zealand) A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
verb:  (intransitive) To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant.

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