Definitions

1. noun

a person employed to perform menial tasks, especially in a hotel or restaurant

“The skivvies were tasked with cleaning the hotel rooms during the off-season.”

2. noun

a type of loose, casual shirt, especially a woman’s blouse

“She wore a comfortable skivvy to lounge around the house.”

3. verb

to clean or polish something, especially with a cloth

“She had to skivvy the silverware before putting it away in the cabinet.”