skivvying

That the quid pro quo of fire-yekelte-ing entailed a deeper hierarchical gulf between the chosen and the not, would no more have occurred to her than it did to Elvis Presley, compliantly skivvying for the Fruchters in Memphis.

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

He saw no mother but a washerwoman at her skivvying and the dirt-faced children that would be clinging to her skirts.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

He saw no mother but a washerwoman at her skivvying and the dirt-faced children that would be clinging to her skirts.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

But skivvying yourself to the bone is all worth it when you finally drag yourself into the sitting room to cuddle up on the sofa with - Not you!

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

But skivvying yourself to the bone is all worth it when you finally drag yourself into the sitting room to cuddle up on the sofa with - Not you!

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

It is not even about the unnamed but clearly delienated journalist who thought that some unpaid skivvying from someone more knowledgeable was in order.

EU Referendum 2009