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skivvies noun underwear US, 1918 Originally applied to an undershirt or vest, now to underwear in general.- All three, tired at the end of this long day, stand in their skivvies in front of the bed. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 52, 1970
- So Ordell would have these businessmen stumbling around in their skivvies sneezing, spilling drinks, shit, middle-aged jitterbugs trying to dance sals with the cute ladies who’d be giggling, having some fun with them. — Elmore Leonard, Switch, p. 60, 1978
- No, thank you. Nothing. Get your socks and skivvies and let’s get out of here before your worst fears come true and we end up at the bottom of the canyon smashed into the roadway by a semi. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 26, 1987
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