skycap

Example Sentences

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Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

“People don’t have cash these days. Happens all the time,” said John Bragg, 64, who has worked for three decades at airports in the Washington area, mostly as a skycap providing curbside services.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

David Tucker, for example, is 74 and still waking at 1:15 each morning to get to his job as a skycap at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2016

A traveler may drop off a bag at the airport curb with a skycap, who may work for the airport, the airline or a third company.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2012

We’d stopped to check Lily’s baggage with the skycap, leaving us free of the Samsonite at last.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English