Meanings
nounred cap (plural red caps)
plural red caps
- alternativeAlternative form of redcap (“goblin or imp”).
"Hide me, Little Sweep," cried Red Cap. "My brother is after me."
1920, Loretta Ellen Brady, “CHAPTER VII Sweep and Little Sweep”, in The Green Forest Fairy Book, page 175 - alternativeAlternative form of redcap (“breed of poultry”).
- alternativeAlternative form of redcap (“porter”).
The man who carries your luggage at the station is a "red cap", not a porter.
1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130
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