sky pilot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sky pilot
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Depending on our courage and state of mind we run either for the woods or the Hall, to discover that no matter how thin you slice it, it is still sky pilot baloney.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many a Navy sky pilot wonders out loud how he can go back to strictly denominational ministering after the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
George Hubert Wilkins, black-bearded Australian soldier of fortune, and his sky pilot, Carl Ben Eielson, saying they had crawled safely off the Polar Sea after 17 days and nights of discomfort.
From Time Magazine Archive
Don’t you think I’m almost as good a—” Peggy paused for a word—“a—sky pilot!” she cried triumphantly, “as good a sky pilot as you are, Roy?”
From The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship by Burnham, Margaret
Some sailors staring through a deck light took him for a "sky pilot" reading the burial service for their fellow, but thought him over-long about it.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur
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