skivvy
(military slang, Vietnam War) A prostitute.
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(military slang, Vietnam War) A prostitute.
2002, Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George M. Hyde (translator, editor), Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=on4PybkJDrkC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=%22skivvy%22|%22skivvies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&sourc…
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(dated) A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
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(US, Australia, New Zealand) A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
: 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.
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