redcap
Example Sentences
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"Now, be careful," warned our redcap, Chester, as he carried our suitcases to our second-story sleeper on the silver superliner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Rudkin had her husband tote them on the train daily into Grand Central, where he paid a redcap to deliver them to Charles & Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cliff Campbell was a young Negro from Washington, D.C., a onetime Pullman porter and redcap, whom the depression had sidetracked from architecture into schoolteaching.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others: a hobo is a redcap, sinkers are dumplings, a K.O. is a commanding officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the way he’s looking, I wonder if it’s just weird to see us together, redcap general and human girl.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
