skiven.¹

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Forms: Also skieve.

Etymology: < Dutch schijf /sxɛɪf/, Middle Dutch schîve : see shive n.¹

A revolving iron disk or wheel used with diamond powder in grinding, polishing, or finishing diamonds or other gems; a lap, a diamond-wheel. Cf. scaife n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller's tools > lapidary's wheel

skive1843

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 176 The diamonds are lastly polished upon an iron lap or skive, charged with diamond powder.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 53/2 Large diamonds are not exposed to the risk of cutting, but are polished from the rough on the skieve.

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 241 Gently pouring a little powder between the edge of the skive and the stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

skiven.²

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Etymology: < skive v.¹

The surface part of a sheet of leather cut off by a skiving-machine; a skiver.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > parts

side1731

skive1875

buffinga1884

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1281/1 The knife C, whose position..determines the thickness of the leather which passes between the knife and roller, the skive passing above the knife.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skiven.³

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: skive v.³

Etymology: < skive v.³ Compare skiver n.³, skiving n.²

1. U.S. College slang. At the University of Notre Dame: an act of leaving the college campus without permission. Also occasionally in extended use with reference to other disciplinary matters. Cf. skive v.³ 1, skiving n.² 1. Now disused.

ΚΠ

1885 Notre Dame Scholastic 10 Oct. 82/1 His lonely ‘skives’ are oft rudely burst upon; his quiet peregrinations around the campus are still oftener rendered wretched by the profane ching-chat-a-ra-da of his fellows.

1894 Notre Dame Scholastic 31 Mar. 475/2 We fancied at first they would pardon us, but we found it was the rule That whenever a fellow took a skive, he got two thousand cool.

1916 Notre Dame Scholastic 11 Mar. 392/2 A student who has pulled two night skives and has been discovered feels about as comfortable as a boy who has taken his father's watch apart and can't get it together again.

2. colloquial (chiefly British).

a. A task, activity, etc., undertaken in order to avoid a more onerous one or minimize one's workload; an easy option.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion

blanching1642

skulking1805

soldiering1840

malingery1841

malingering1861

old soldierism1866

old soldiering1867

scrimshanking1881

shirking1899

gold-bricking1918

lead-swinging1930

skive1958

skiving1958

scowing1959

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > opportunity for or an act of

come-off1678

mike1825

shirk1863

gold-bricking1901

scrimshank1903

lead-swing1952

skive1958

skive1980

1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 90 Not many of us wanted to learn english and only went on the class for a skive.

1960 A. Waugh Foxglove Saga xii. 218 He was chuffed at this new monumental skive he had discovered.

1976 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 26 Mar. 7/1 I'd always thought that science degrees with a non-scientific element would be attractive but perhaps students associate them with the general studies they do in the sixth form and think of them either as a skive or a nuisance.

1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 6 That's really why you're a jannie: cause you reckoned it was the best skive available on a union wage, you workshy cunt!

b. An instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early. Frequently in on the skive.

ΘΚΠ

come-off1678

mike1825

shirk1863

gold-bricking1901

scrimshank1903

lead-swing1952

skive1958

skive1980

1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. ii. 68 He thought the sentry was on the skive. Thought he'd come down..for a cup of coffee.

1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet iv. 49 I don't know where Bethany is, Mala. She's probably got a cold—anything for a quick skive.

2008 M. E. Smith & A. Collings Renegade i. 12 Pissed, laid up in bed; on the skive with a boil on his arse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skivev.¹

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Forms: Also skyve.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skífa.

Etymology: < Old Norse skífa (Norwegian skiva ), related to Middle English schīve shive n.¹

a. transitive. To split or cut (leather, rubber, etc.) into slices or strips; to shave or pare (hides).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > cut or pare

skivea1825

skiver1875

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Skive, to pare off the thicker parts of hides, to make them of uniform substance, in order to their being tanned.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1280/2 Leather is also skived for making lap-joints in round work and belting.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 115/1 One Machine for skyving or paring the edges of leather.

b. To pare or cut off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off > in thin slices

parea1382

shave1382

razea1387

skive1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1277/2 [A] Machine..for skiving off the edge of a piece or strip of leather.

Derivatives

skived adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) > cut off or cut with an instrument

forcedc1440

pared1440

clipped1483

well-shaven1542

chipped1562

shared1598

slit1611

snipped1611

circumcised1664

neat-cut1770

whittled1792

sliced1874

skived1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1280/2 The lap-seam..is sometimes formed with skived edges to avoid a ridge.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 7/2 Pneumatic tyres, which are made from ‘skived’ rubber.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skivev.²

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

dialect.

intransitive. To move lightly and quickly; to dart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly

windc897

shootc1000

smite?c1225

flatc1300

lash13..

girda1400

shock?a1400

spara1400

spritc1400

whipc1440

skrim1487

glance1489

spang1513

whip1540

squirt1570

flirt1582

fly1590

sprunt1601

flame1633

darta1640

strike1639

jump1720

skite1721

scoot1758

jink1789

arrow1827

twitch1836

skive1854

sprint1899

skyhoot1901

catapult1928

slingshot1969

book1977

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 237 Thus we say, ‘skiving like a lapwing’, in allusion to the manner in which that bird skims over the surface of a sheet of water.

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxvi. 334 Don't you want a little tot, Hugh, to be skiving round the cabin here?

1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49 Can't they skive under water when they want tu?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skivev.³

Brit.

/skʌɪv/, U.S.

/skaɪv/

Forms: 1800s skove (past tense; humorous), 1800s– skive, 1900s– scive, 1900s– skyve.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French esquiver.

Etymology: Probably < French esquiver to escape (c1600), to avoid, get out of (1613; either < Spanish esquivar or Italian schivare to avoid: see eschew v.¹). Compare skiver n.³, skiving n.²In the past tense form skove in quot. 1885 at sense 1, humorously after drove, past tense of drive v.

1. intransitive. U.S. College slang. At the University of Notre Dame: to leave the college campus without permission. Also in extended use with reference to other disciplinary matters. Frequently with away, out, etc. Cf. skiver n.³ 1. Now disused.In some examples of the extended use, overlapping with sense 3 (cf. also quots. 1895, 1922 at sense 2).

ΚΠ

1884 [implied in: Notre Dame Scholastic 31 May 604/1 Lay of the Skiver:—Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘I'm collared again!’ (at skiver n.³ 1)].

1885 Notre Dame Scholastic 13 June 641/1 No skiving now, the skiver is twice driven: For unto him that skove was promptly given Endless detention.

1897 Notre Dame Scholastic 27 Feb. 338/1 One Thursday morning, blithe and gay A roguish student ‘skived’ away; He met the Prefect—sad to say—And got six notes.

1901 Notre Dame Scholastic 30 Nov. 188/1 Five yearning students, who had risked demerits by skiving into Barton's room.

1927 Notre Dame Scholastic 30 Sept. 50/2 Now it's up to us to skive out all night.

1981 Scholastic (Univ. Notre Dame) Dec. 19/1 They would occasionally ‘skive to town’.

2. transitive. Originally U.S. College slang. To avoid (work or a duty) by leaving or being absent; (now) esp. to play truant from (school). Now chiefly British colloquial.In later, colloquial use an extension of sense 3.

ΚΠ

1895 Notre Dame Scholastic 11 May 524/1 Mr. Whipple has still a warm place in his heart for old Notre Dame, and promises to ‘skive’ the work of his office for a day or two in June to visit us.

1922 Notre Dame Scholastic No. 18. 376/2 Now young man, please tell me why You skived six classes on the sly.

1973 C. Ball & M. Ball Educ. for Change iv. 81 Spraying ‘Chelsea’ on the bus station wall or smoking pot or skiving school.

1989 Listener 17 Aug. 30/1 John..lost an important client by skiving work to bed Cynthia.

1990 Fast Forward 4 Apr. 15/1 She used to skive lessons.

2010 A. Edwards Boncath vii. 92 A couple of kiddies who were obviously skiving school, trotted by, heading for the freedom of the nearby park.

3. colloquial (chiefly British).

a. intransitive. Originally Military slang. To avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; to shirk; (sometimes) spec. to play truant from school. Also with off (in prepositional phrase specifying the activity, duty, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > avoid duty, work, or exertion

feignc1300

lurk1551

slug1642

skulk1781

malinger1820

mike1838

shirk1853

slinker1880

scrimshank1882

pike1889

scow1901

spruce1916

to swing the lead1917

bludge1919

to dodge the column1919

skive1919

to screw off1943

to do a never1946

to fuck off1946

to dick off1948

1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘To skive,’ to dodge a fatigue.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 260 To skive, to dodge a duty or fatigue.

1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean i. 45 Inveterate grousers, individuals who would sometimes skive if they got their opportunity.

1960 20th Cent. Nov. 390 Who hasn't bought black-market, possibly stolen goods, who hasn't skived off work?

1976 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 26 Dec. A Dundee bus conductor was chatting to three young boys as he took their fares last Monday. He asked if they were on holiday. They replied they were ‘just skiving’.

1985 D. Lucie Progress ii. i, in Progress & Hard Feelings 29/1 Ange... Why ain't you at work then? Will Basically, I'm skiving.

2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xxx. 489 The naughty, excited young girl who'd skived off school all those weeks ago to meet her new boyfriend.

b. intransitive. With off (as adverb).

ΚΠ

1961 New Statesman 21 July 82/2 If one of the other cleaners offered advice, it was usually on how to scive off better.

1965 ‘O. Mills’ Dusty Death xx. 196 Old Cowley knows I skive off during that free period.

1973 J. Mann Only Security vi. 58 The girls who dig are always glad of an excuse to skive off and have a rest.

1991 A. Enright Portable Virgin (1992) 13 ‘I'm skiving off,’ said the white man. ‘I'm on the hop. Mitching. I'll get the sack.’

2005 N. Laird Utterly Monkey 76 The pub was starting to fill up with people skiving off early from work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1843

n.²1875

n.³1885

v.¹a1825

v.²1854

v.³1884

单词	skive
释义	skiven.¹ Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Forms: Also skieve. Etymology: < Dutch schijf /sxɛɪf/, Middle Dutch schîve : see shive n.¹ A revolving iron disk or wheel used with diamond powder in grinding, polishing, or finishing diamonds or other gems; a lap, a diamond-wheel. Cf. scaife n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller's tools > lapidary's wheel skive1843 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 176 The diamonds are lastly polished upon an iron lap or skive, charged with diamond powder. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 53/2 Large diamonds are not exposed to the risk of cutting, but are polished from the rough on the skieve. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 241 Gently pouring a little powder between the edge of the skive and the stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). skiven.² Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Etymology: < skive v.¹ The surface part of a sheet of leather cut off by a skiving-machine; a skiver. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > parts side1731 skive1875 buffinga1884 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1281/1 The knife C, whose position..determines the thickness of the leather which passes between the knife and roller, the skive passing above the knife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skiven.³ Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: skive v.³ Etymology: < skive v.³ Compare skiver n.³, skiving n.² 1. U.S. College slang. At the University of Notre Dame: an act of leaving the college campus without permission. Also occasionally in extended use with reference to other disciplinary matters. Cf. skive v.³ 1, skiving n.² 1. Now disused. ΚΠ 1885 Notre Dame Scholastic 10 Oct. 82/1 His lonely ‘skives’ are oft rudely burst upon; his quiet peregrinations around the campus are still oftener rendered wretched by the profane ching-chat-a-ra-da of his fellows. 1894 Notre Dame Scholastic 31 Mar. 475/2 We fancied at first they would pardon us, but we found it was the rule That whenever a fellow took a skive, he got two thousand cool. 1916 Notre Dame Scholastic 11 Mar. 392/2 A student who has pulled two night skives and has been discovered feels about as comfortable as a boy who has taken his father's watch apart and can't get it together again. 2. colloquial (chiefly British). a. A task, activity, etc., undertaken in order to avoid a more onerous one or minimize one's workload; an easy option. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion blanching1642 skulking1805 soldiering1840 malingery1841 malingering1861 old soldierism1866 old soldiering1867 scrimshanking1881 shirking1899 gold-bricking1918 lead-swinging1930 skive1958 skiving1958 scowing1959 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > opportunity for or an act of come-off1678 mike1825 shirk1863 gold-bricking1901 scrimshank1903 lead-swing1952 skive1958 skive1980 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 90 Not many of us wanted to learn english and only went on the class for a skive. 1960 A. Waugh Foxglove Saga xii. 218 He was chuffed at this new monumental skive he had discovered. 1976 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 26 Mar. 7/1 I'd always thought that science degrees with a non-scientific element would be attractive but perhaps students associate them with the general studies they do in the sixth form and think of them either as a skive or a nuisance. 1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 6 That's really why you're a jannie: cause you reckoned it was the best skive available on a union wage, you workshy cunt! b. An instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early. Frequently in on the skive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > opportunity for or an act of come-off1678 mike1825 shirk1863 gold-bricking1901 scrimshank1903 lead-swing1952 skive1958 skive1980 1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. ii. 68 He thought the sentry was on the skive. Thought he'd come down..for a cup of coffee. 1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet iv. 49 I don't know where Bethany is, Mala. She's probably got a cold—anything for a quick skive. 2008 M. E. Smith & A. Collings Renegade i. 12 Pissed, laid up in bed; on the skive with a boil on his arse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skivev.¹ Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Forms: Also skyve. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse skífa. Etymology: < Old Norse skífa (Norwegian skiva ), related to Middle English schīve shive n.¹ a. transitive. To split or cut (leather, rubber, etc.) into slices or strips; to shave or pare (hides). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > cut or pare skivea1825 skiver1875 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Skive, to pare off the thicker parts of hides, to make them of uniform substance, in order to their being tanned. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1280/2 Leather is also skived for making lap-joints in round work and belting. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 115/1 One Machine for skyving or paring the edges of leather. b. To pare or cut off. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off > in thin slices parea1382 shave1382 razea1387 skive1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1277/2 [A] Machine..for skiving off the edge of a piece or strip of leather. Derivatives skived adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) > cut off or cut with an instrument forcedc1440 pared1440 clipped1483 well-shaven1542 chipped1562 shared1598 slit1611 snipped1611 circumcised1664 neat-cut1770 whittled1792 sliced1874 skived1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1280/2 The lap-seam..is sometimes formed with skived edges to avoid a ridge. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 7/2 Pneumatic tyres, which are made from ‘skived’ rubber. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skivev.² Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Etymology: Of obscure origin. dialect. intransitive. To move lightly and quickly; to dart. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly windc897 shootc1000 smite?c1225 flatc1300 lash13.. girda1400 shock?a1400 spara1400 spritc1400 whipc1440 skrim1487 glance1489 spang1513 whip1540 squirt1570 flirt1582 fly1590 sprunt1601 flame1633 darta1640 strike1639 jump1720 skite1721 scoot1758 jink1789 arrow1827 twitch1836 skive1854 sprint1899 skyhoot1901 catapult1928 slingshot1969 book1977 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 237 Thus we say, ‘skiving like a lapwing’, in allusion to the manner in which that bird skims over the surface of a sheet of water. 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxvi. 334 Don't you want a little tot, Hugh, to be skiving round the cabin here? 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49 Can't they skive under water when they want tu? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skivev.³ Brit. /skʌɪv/, U.S. /skaɪv/ Forms: 1800s skove (past tense; humorous), 1800s– skive, 1900s– scive, 1900s– skyve. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French esquiver. Etymology: Probably < French esquiver to escape (c1600), to avoid, get out of (1613; either < Spanish esquivar or Italian schivare to avoid: see eschew v.¹). Compare skiver n.³, skiving n.²In the past tense form skove in quot. 1885 at sense 1, humorously after drove, past tense of drive v. 1. intransitive. U.S. College slang. At the University of Notre Dame: to leave the college campus without permission. Also in extended use with reference to other disciplinary matters. Frequently with away, out, etc. Cf. skiver n.³ 1. Now disused.In some examples of the extended use, overlapping with sense 3 (cf. also quots. 1895, 1922 at sense 2). ΚΠ 1884 [implied in: Notre Dame Scholastic 31 May 604/1 Lay of the Skiver:—Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘I'm collared again!’ (at skiver n.³ 1)]. 1885 Notre Dame Scholastic 13 June 641/1 No skiving now, the skiver is twice driven: For unto him that skove was promptly given Endless detention. 1897 Notre Dame Scholastic 27 Feb. 338/1 One Thursday morning, blithe and gay A roguish student ‘skived’ away; He met the Prefect—sad to say—And got six notes. 1901 Notre Dame Scholastic 30 Nov. 188/1 Five yearning students, who had risked demerits by skiving into Barton's room. 1927 Notre Dame Scholastic 30 Sept. 50/2 Now it's up to us to skive out all night. 1981 Scholastic (Univ. Notre Dame) Dec. 19/1 They would occasionally ‘skive to town’. 2. transitive. Originally U.S. College slang. To avoid (work or a duty) by leaving or being absent; (now) esp. to play truant from (school). Now chiefly British colloquial.In later, colloquial use an extension of sense 3. ΚΠ 1895 Notre Dame Scholastic 11 May 524/1 Mr. Whipple has still a warm place in his heart for old Notre Dame, and promises to ‘skive’ the work of his office for a day or two in June to visit us. 1922 Notre Dame Scholastic No. 18. 376/2 Now young man, please tell me why You skived six classes on the sly. 1973 C. Ball & M. Ball Educ. for Change iv. 81 Spraying ‘Chelsea’ on the bus station wall or smoking pot or skiving school. 1989 Listener 17 Aug. 30/1 John..lost an important client by skiving work to bed Cynthia. 1990 Fast Forward 4 Apr. 15/1 She used to skive lessons. 2010 A. Edwards Boncath vii. 92 A couple of kiddies who were obviously skiving school, trotted by, heading for the freedom of the nearby park. 3. colloquial (chiefly British). a. intransitive. Originally Military slang. To avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; to shirk; (sometimes) spec. to play truant from school. Also with off (in prepositional phrase specifying the activity, duty, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > avoid duty, work, or exertion feignc1300 lurk1551 slug1642 skulk1781 malinger1820 mike1838 shirk1853 slinker1880 scrimshank1882 pike1889 scow1901 spruce1916 to swing the lead1917 bludge1919 to dodge the column1919 skive1919 to screw off1943 to do a never1946 to fuck off1946 to dick off1948 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘To skive,’ to dodge a fatigue. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 260 To skive, to dodge a duty or fatigue. 1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean i. 45 Inveterate grousers, individuals who would sometimes skive if they got their opportunity. 1960 20th Cent. Nov. 390 Who hasn't bought black-market, possibly stolen goods, who hasn't skived off work? 1976 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 26 Dec. A Dundee bus conductor was chatting to three young boys as he took their fares last Monday. He asked if they were on holiday. They replied they were ‘just skiving’. 1985 D. Lucie Progress ii. i, in Progress & Hard Feelings 29/1 Ange... Why ain't you at work then? Will Basically, I'm skiving. 2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xxx. 489 The naughty, excited young girl who'd skived off school all those weeks ago to meet her new boyfriend. b. intransitive. With off (as adverb). ΚΠ 1961 New Statesman 21 July 82/2 If one of the other cleaners offered advice, it was usually on how to scive off better. 1965 ‘O. Mills’ Dusty Death xx. 196 Old Cowley knows I skive off during that free period. 1973 J. Mann Only Security vi. 58 The girls who dig are always glad of an excuse to skive off and have a rest. 1991 A. Enright Portable Virgin (1992) 13 ‘I'm skiving off,’ said the white man. ‘I'm on the hop. Mitching. I'll get the sack.’ 2005 N. Laird Utterly Monkey 76 The pub was starting to fill up with people skiving off early from work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1843n.²1875n.³1885v.¹a1825v.²1854v.³1884
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