skycap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of skycap
Example Sentences
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Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
David Tucker, who has worked as a skycap at both National and Dulles airports since 1962, said the boost is long overdue recognition of the hard work of people like him.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2017
David Tucker, for example, is 74 and still waking at 1:15 each morning to get to his job as a skycap at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
Other uniformed workers in red caps, employees of a private company that provides skycap and wheelchair services, seemed to have unfettered access in the area.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2014
We’d stopped to check Lily’s baggage with the skycap, leaving us free of the Samsonite at last.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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