> One thing about this discussion - I may have missed it, but I've seen
> no mention of "skive" in the sense I understand it in Australian,
> which means slacking off, being lazy. It must be related.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alison
Yeah, it's becoming a bit hard to follow, but this +did+ come up:
<<
SKIVE n3 and SKIVER n3 (which had crossed my mind earlier, but I hadn't
chased) -- "shirker" -- are both given by the OED as occurring for the first
time in the mid20thC. (Though Cassell/Slang gives 1910+, no citations,
which would put their first-use in the same time-frame as "skivvy".
>>
Know how you feel, Alison.
Cheers,
Robin
(Actually, that SKIVE n3 above prolly ought to be v3 -- my mistake.
:-(
R2)
{Dictionaries aside, this is what I'd hit on as the immediate meaning --
"Whaur yi skivin of tae, but?"
... but I'm currently suffering under a surfeit of Oor Wullie Annuals, 1940s
version, so ma heid's stuck in Dundee an ration coupons. Odd nobody
mentions Lend-Lease. Even Churchill boked when Roosevelt rammed +that+ doon
his throat.
"Want a wee destroyer cheap, son? Only ten percent interest and you only
have to pay us back if you win. Sign here." Capitalism in action. Bloody
hell, make angels weep ...
CP3O.}
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