"Well,-he put me in the charge of Mrs. Duff, and she set me to paring potatoes, washing the floors, scouring pots and pans, wringing clothes and all that sort of rot; till, one day, I just said to Duff that I'd come West to rawnch, not to skivvy.
"The Spoilers of the Valley"
Robert Watson
"The skivvy-slavey-hired help-get busy," said T. X. impatiently.
"The Clue of the Twisted Candle"
Edgar Wallace
Well, the skivvy won't think of that, and Pomeroy will guess that we're trying to communicate with him.
"The Altar Steps"
Compton MacKenzie