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skycap

skycap noun: a porter at an airport.

Noun

skycap (plural skycaps)

  1. A porter at an airport.
    • JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour, California: New Line Cinema

Forms of skycap

pluralskycaps

Origin of skycap

From sky + cap, modeled after redcap (“railroad porter”).

Questions about skycap

What does skycap mean?
Skycap means a porter at an airport.
What part of speech is skycap?
Skycap is a noun.
What is the plural of skycap?
The plural of skycap is skycaps.

Words near skycap in the dictionary

  1. skyboxes
  2. skybridge
  3. skybridges
  4. skycam
  5. skycams
  6. skycap
  7. skycaps
  8. skyclad
  9. skycloth
  10. skycloths
  11. skycoach

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