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Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Skycap service is back at some airports, closed at others: Travelers who like the convenience of checking bags outside instead of lugging them into the terminal will find some skycap counters open and others still closed.
—Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Virgil is a skycap by trade but an entrepreneur by heart.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
Orlando now has a customer-service department that trains all airport employees, from fast-food workers to skycaps to TSA officers, on how to make eye contact, be productive and pick up trash.
—Scott McCartney, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
Bellhop at the hotel Just like skycaps, pay a bellhop $2 for the first bag and $1 per each additional bag.
—Zachary Hansen, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
The hundreds of workers are subcontractors from Flight Services & Systems and ReadyJet and include baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, skycaps and cabin cleaners, according to the Boston Globe.
—Lisa Marie Segarra, Time, 9 Feb. 2018
More than 25 years ago, Dixon was working as a skycap at Miami International Airport when a friend suggested he show up at an open mic night.
—Nick Sortal, miamiherald, 18 Dec. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
sky entry 1 + -cap (as in redcap)
First Known Use
1940, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near skycap
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“Skycap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skycap. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
skycap
noun
sky·cap
ˈskī-ˌkap
: one employed to carry hand luggage at an airport
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