Definition of "skives" []

• Plural form of skive. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skive. (verb)

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• "* Afterwards, when we all went round to the pub, their ties undone or scrumpled in their pockets, they queued up to tell me about the most incompetent managers, the most unscrupulous companies and the most elaborate skives."
• "Plus, when Ferris rebels, he merely skives off school."
• "I always wear my skives until they are thread bare and falling apart or I need a rag to change the oil in the truck or another such messy chore."