nonsked

[ non-sked ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a nonscheduled airline or plane:

   He got his training with the nonskeds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonsked¹

1945–50, Americanism; non- + sked (shortening and respelling of schedule )

Example Sentences

It took only three months to discover why a Constella tion of nonsked Imperial Airlines crashed last November near Richmond; the cap tain survived, and his testimony helped the CAB to uncover an incredible story of incompetence in the cockpit.

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It belonged to Imperial Airlines, a "nonsked" outfit with a "fleet" of four planes.

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The airlines have long been looking for a gimmick to round up passengers and knock down the nonsked competitors.

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With the exception of a tenth-class nonsked air fare from Idlewild to Ice land, he has paid for nothing�singing instead for his supper, breakfast, lunch, transportation and lodging.

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Statistically, it turned out to be more than 30 times as dangerous to fly on a nonsked as on a scheduled airline; in 1961 there were nine fatalities per 100 million passenger miles on nonskeds v.

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