Examples of skycap in a Sentence
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At Miami International Airport, 40 ticket and gate agents were laid off, with another nine skycaps and janitors at risk.
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Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.
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Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
30 July 2024
Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.
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Karla L. Miller,
Washington Post,
29 Feb. 2024
Orlando now has a customer-service department that trains all airport employees, from fast-food workers to skycaps to TSA officers, on how to make eye contact, be productive and pick up trash.
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Scott McCartney,
WSJ,
14 Nov. 2018
Bellhop at the hotel Just like skycaps, pay a bellhop $2 for the first bag and $1 per each additional bag.
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Zachary Hansen,
USA TODAY,
22 June 2018
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Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
Desmond Taylor, 64, is a skycap who has worked at LAX for 33 years.
—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
30 July 2024
Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.
—
Karla L. Miller,
Washington Post,
29 Feb. 2024
Orlando now has a customer-service department that trains all airport employees, from fast-food workers to skycaps to TSA officers, on how to make eye contact, be productive and pick up trash.
—
Scott McCartney,
WSJ,
14 Nov. 2018
Bellhop at the hotel Just like skycaps, pay a bellhop $2 for the first bag and $1 per each additional bag.
—
Zachary Hansen,
USA TODAY,
22 June 2018
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“Skycap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skycap. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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skycap
noun
sky·cap
ˈskī-ˌkap 
: one employed to carry hand luggage at an airport
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