Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dated)A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.

    прислу́гаprislúga, служа́нкаslužánka

    a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work

  2. (slang)A prostitute.

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, US)A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom is in his skivvies.

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  2. Tom was in his skivvies.

    deTom war in Unterwäsche.

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  3. "No, you clean it! I'm not your skivvy!" she said.

    de„Nein, das kannst du selber saubermachen! Ich bin nicht deine Dienstmagd!“ sagte sie.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
domestic servant:

Forms

plural: skivvies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work:slavey

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpolo-neck

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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