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skycap

American  
[skahy-kap] / ˈskaɪˌkæp /

noun

  1. a porter who carries passenger baggage at an airport or airline terminal.


Etymology

Origin of skycap

First recorded in 1940–45; sky + (red)cap


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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, 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

Huntley was a skycap for more than 60 years at airports in Burbank and Los Angeles.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2015

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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