Crossword clues for skivvies
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
skivvies
"underwear," 1932, nautical slang, of unknown origin. An earlier skivvy/skivey was London slang for "female domestic servant" (1902).
Wiktionary
skivvies
n. 1 underwear, particularly men′s underwear. 2 (plural of skivvy English)Category:English plurals
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.