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skycap

[ skahy-kap ]

noun

  1. a porter who carries passenger baggage at an airport or airline terminal.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of skycap1

First recorded in 1940–45; sky + (red)cap
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Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.

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Airport skycaps and the bell people at a hotel should get a few dollars a bag, based on service, and perhaps more if the task is onerous, like handling golf or ski bags.

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Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.

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These often-overlooked workers — hotel housekeepers, bellhops, carwash jockeys, airport skycaps and wheelchair escorts among them — have been hit hard by an increasingly cashless economy and new pandemic work rules that chip away at tipping opportunities.

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In the 1970s, he lugged bags for travelers as a skycap at Washington National Airport, where Fox said he saw celebrities including James Brown and the Pointer Sisters pass by.

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