What does skivvie mean?
Skivvie means Alternative form of skivvy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of skivvy..
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.
Top sits before the window every afternoon with a case of beer beside him, clad comfortably in a skivvie shirt and a pair of khaki trousers, with his game leg on a chair before him.
Beneath his clothes, his skivvie shirt was stinking and sweat-soaked. He peeled the skivvie off, revealing his upper body, and wrung it out in the sink.
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Skivvie means Alternative form of skivvy..
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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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