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Underwear, informally
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skivvies
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 underwear, particularly men′s underwear. 2 (plural of skivvy English)Category:English plurals
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"underwear," 1932, nautical slang, of unknown origin. An earlier skivvy/skivey was London slang for "female domestic servant" (1902).
Usage examples of skivvies.
Finally, everything else I was wearing came off, apart from my skivvies, and was quickly placed on top of the jacket.
He had no objection if Peter wanted his ring back, so he calmly pulled on his skivvies and headed down the hall for a hot tub.
They were in skivvies and stickyslippers, their spacesuits bobbing from hooks on the wall behind them.
Marine in the room was sitting in his skivvies on his unmade rack, looking the worse for wear.