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planeside

American  
[pleyn-sahyd] / ˈpleɪnˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. the area on either side of an airplane.


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He paused first for a planeside interview, then 'coptered to a smaller field and finally drove to the Pageant Motel.

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At planeside, his grey guardsman's mustache bristling, Ayub was terse and blunt.

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Foreign Minister George Yeh met Dulles at planeside, escorted him to Taipei's City Hall for formal signing of the treaty that binds the U.S. to defend Formosa and the Pescadores from attack.

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Security measures at West German airports included frequent patrols by police carrying submachine guns and the planeside identification by passengers of heavy luggage before it was put aboard.

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For Miami visitors who want to do last-minute shopping, Jordan Marsh will send purchases by taxicab either to hotel or planeside.

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