Until the increasing pressure from the civil rights movement they were relegated to airport jobs such as skycap (bag handler). From Wordnik.com. [Kate Kelly: Airline Passengers Needed Their Own Rosa Parks] Reference
If it's long, then I'll shed a few bucks for the skycap. From Wordnik.com. ["This isn't the worst thing that will happen to you today."] Reference
“Give one to the skycap, and give him my apologies.”. From Wordnik.com. [Destined] Reference
I am sorry I lacked the good sense of that Logan Airport skycap. From Wordnik.com. [Gary S. Chafetz: My Son, a U.S. Marine] Reference
When we got to the Burbank Airport, the skycap asked for our IDs. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 4, 2004 - January 10, 2004 Archives] Reference
GRIFFIN (voice-over): Tip a skycap, she says, the watch list disappears. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2008] Reference
Becky hurried on ahead while Alex found a skycap to help him with his bag. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
GRIFFIN (voice-over): Tip a skycap, she says, and the watch list disappears. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2008] Reference
SIMON: This skycap of 33 years is afraid he may lose his job for speaking out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
They turned and headed toward the door, the skycap following with Viola's bags. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
A woman with a plastic smile who is carrying more baggage than a skycap at an airport. From Wordnik.com. [They walk among us] Reference
A single skycap stands in the cold outside the airport terminal, longing for a customer. From Wordnik.com. [Sending Fliers] Reference
The skycap -- a black man, much of whose income comes from gratuities -- declined to accept it. From Wordnik.com. [Gary S. Chafetz: My Son, a U.S. Marine] Reference
They took the 10 to the 405, then into LAX, where they left the car in front of a skycap at United. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Echo]
It is also a great place to get small denoninations, which you will need for taxi/skycap tips, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Cash] Reference
I managed to get through the skycap with 4 kids and so much baggage, and then we made a run for security. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
He waited for the skycap to close the trunk; then he walked around the car and got into the driver's seat. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
I checked Carlton Fisk's bags at the Manchester Airport when I was a skycap one summer, and it was amazing. From Wordnik.com. [Ode to the Red Sox] Reference
Instead, I felt like they were trying to humiliate me for my unwillingness to use the old-fashioned skycap service. From Wordnik.com. ["This isn't the worst thing that will happen to you today."] Reference
SIMON: Passengers here in San Francisco check their luggage and give some money to the skycap, and not just the tip. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
CHETRY: A live look at right now at LaGuardia Airport and the drop-off skycap area looking busy but things are still moving along. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2007] Reference
Looking past the skycap, D'Agosta noticed four Port Authority cops on the landing above the baggage claim concourse, scanning the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
Ricardo worked a second job each evening as a skycap. From Wordnik.com. [Guernica Magazine] Reference
The skycap, who worked for a private contractor, was fired. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
"Rent is not going down, neither is gas," one skycap told KCBS. From Wordnik.com. [KCBS Bay Area News] Reference
Grayson - William T. Clinkscales, 76, retired skycap, died T.ursday. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Passengers drop off their bags with a United Airlines skycap in San Francisco. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Mobile office unit, skycap stands, baggage carts, large (iron) replica of Statue of Liberty. From Wordnik.com. [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference
You go over to the skycap. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2007] Reference
The skycap isn't the only one. From Wordnik.com. [Gary S. Chafetz: My Son, a U.S. Marine] Reference
You drag it all over in line for the skycap. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2007] Reference
He greased a skycap for airport information. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
The skycap had to make his own way, unassisted. From Wordnik.com. [Destined] Reference
Boston skycap suit goes national after ruling. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
"Who's that skycap?". From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
Skyler: "skycap" is the airline equivalent of the old "redcap". From Wordnik.com. ["This isn't the worst thing that will happen to you today."] Reference
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