as in housekeepers
a female domestic servant
the pop star's image as a working-class hero strains credulity now that he owns a large estate with an army of cooks, butlers, and skivvies to attend to his every want
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Recent Examples of skivvies
Riff Raff the butler, his moody sister Magenta, pajamas-wearing Columbia and, the creature in the golden skivvies?
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The Grammy-winning musician, 32, stripped down to her skivvies for a sexy new campaign with Calvin Klein.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Or, at the very least, its a good enough life for a handsome twentysomething with a drinking problem and penchant for stripping down to his skivvies more often than not.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
In an interview with GQ, Malone admitted that stripping down to his skivvies was a bit intimidating.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Storekeepers lost your skivvies or turned them from white to gray by washing them with the colors?
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The Grammy-winning musician, 32, stripped down to her skivvies for a sexy new campaign with Calvin Klein.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Or, at the very least, its a good enough life for a handsome twentysomething with a drinking problem and penchant for stripping down to his skivvies more often than not.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
In an interview with GQ, Malone admitted that stripping down to his skivvies was a bit intimidating.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Storekeepers lost your skivvies or turned them from white to gray by washing them with the colors?
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skivvies
Noun
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The couple's staff like the children's nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, who has been with the family since George was a baby, and the housekeepers are expected to live on other smaller properties on the estate.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Many of our neighbors have housekeepers, gardeners, carpenters, etc.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
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As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Skivvies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skivvies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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