skivvy

Universal Words noun, verb noun (plural skivvies) (BrE, informal) a servant, usually female, who does all the dirty or boring jobs in a house: He treats his wife like a skivvy. verb (skivvies, skivvying, skivvied, skivvied) [V] (BrE, informal) to do dirty or boring jobs: Her aunt kept her skivvying day and night.