"skivvie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skivvies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skivvie (plural skivvies)
  1. Alternative form of skivvy. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: skivvy
    Sense id: en-skivvie-en-noun-4dymY0dj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1946, Barbara E. Bristol, “The Women of P. I.”, in P. I., Third Anniversary MCWR, 1943-1946, Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co.:",
          "text": "Now that peace is here once more, and the Corps is returning to its prewar proportions, our girls are being replaced by men and discharged to civilian life, where they will no longer hear the song of the DI’s cadence, the clash of GI trays, the cry of LIGHTS OUT and HIT THE DECK, KNOCK IT OFF and FALL IN, where there will no longer be the smell of shoepolish and the skivvie-clad confusion of GI parties.",
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          "ref": "1948 January, John L. Zimmerman, “Top Goes Out On Thirty”, in The Marine Corps Gazette, volume 32, number 1, page 19, column 2:",
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          "ref": "2014, Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life, New York, N.Y.: Tyrant Books, →ISBN, page 39:",
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