Daughter meeting Dickensian character’s skivvies (7)

I believe the answer is:

drudges

'skivvies' is the definition.
(both mean people doing dull work)

'daughter meeting dickensian character's' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'dickensian character's' becomes 'Rudge's' (from Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge).
'd'+'rudges'='DRUDGES'

(Another definition for drudges that I've seen is " They're made to do hard menial or dull work".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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