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Examples of skycap in a Sentence
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Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.
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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.
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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.
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Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Virgil is a skycap by trade but an entrepreneur by heart.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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“Skycap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skycap. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
skycap
noun
sky·cap
ˈskī-ˌkap
: one employed to carry hand luggage at an airport
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