aircoach
aircoach noun: an airliner offering relatively cheap but cramped passenger flights.
Noun
aircoach (plural aircoaches)
- An airliner offering relatively cheap but cramped passenger flights.
- Aircoaches are big money-makers for the five or six airlines that use them. They do a near-capacity business on midnight runs for passengers who don't mind the night-flying and who like the lower prices.1949, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 3, number 9, page 4
- Does Eastern Airlines, for instance, put the same number of seats in their aircoaches that you do, in the same type aircraft?1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Civil Air Policy, page 415
- Synonyms:
- skycoach
Synonyms of aircoach
Forms of aircoach
| plural | aircoaches |
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Origin of aircoach
From air + coach.
Questions about aircoach
- What does aircoach mean?
- Aircoach means an airliner offering relatively cheap but cramped passenger flights.
- What part of speech is aircoach?
- Aircoach is a noun.
- What is the plural of aircoach?
- The plural of aircoach is aircoaches.
Words near aircoach in the dictionary
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