skivvying

/ˈskɪviɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of skivvy; doing menial or boring work.
    • I'm tired of skivvying for my boss without any appreciation.
    • He was skivvying away in the garden while everyone else relaxed.
    • She spent the whole afternoon skivvying in the laundry room.
noun
  1. The act of doing menial or boring work.
    • All that skivvying left her exhausted by evening.
    • He hated the constant skivvying that came with his first job.
    • The skivvying never seemed to end at the old mansion.
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