According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: "'underwear,' 1932, nautical slang, of unknown origin. An earlier skivvy|skivey was London slang for 'female domestic servant' (1902)." Underdaks in Australia, for the variety with legs. As a trademarked brand name for underclothing, the term is used for both t-shirts and shorts. Curiously, the word had been in use for decades before it first became a trademark -- in 1954, according to Michael Quinion.
Примеры использования:
Cleanup of debris from the ice storm continues throughout the area, but everything at "the village" has been taken care of. The line of sight protection our single backyard tree provided is now gone. I won't be able to run around in my skivvies upstairs anymore. Damn it. | "I bend to look under a low archway in a dark corner and find a narrow spiral staircase, designed to accommodate only very small and undernourished skivvies."
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