skivvy
/ˈskɪvi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "And then Somerset looked at the boys′ skivvy, and saw a well set up young woman with a red round face, an angry face just then but underneath the anger a pleasant one."
- "2002, Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George M. Hyde (translator, editor), Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor, page 143, The common skivvy from the mortuary clings immoveably to the priest′s bed, which is just as immoveably guarded by the grandmother, who drives her off with a chamberpot. The skivvy is the photographer′s widow, trying to take a picture."
- "“[…]Yes, that was Mac′s Restaurant and I was a kitchen skivvy there, but amazingly, a kitchen skivvy who had actually written a poem. Oh it′s all a very long time ago, Theresa, and so much has happened since then.”"
- "Then dark blood squirts from a little hole in Sergeant Gerheim's chest. The red blood blossoms into his white skivvy shirt like a beautiful flower."
- "I put my wetsuit and skivvy on a tree to dry, and laid out my other gear on some grass."
- "‘He looks so good. He shouldn′t be allowed to wear a black skivvy. Doesn′t he have the most amazing muscles?’"
Usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
Inflected Forms
Phrases
skivvy house
polo-neck