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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

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, 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

Airport police walked with a bomb-sniffing dog along the long lines of people who were waiting to check their luggage with a skycap outside the terminal.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2011

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