skycap

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noun

A porter at an airport.

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Meanings

nounskycap (plural skycaps)

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

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

skycap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skycap

MLA

“skycap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skycap. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skycap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skycap.

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