Synonyms for redcap
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : red-kap |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛdˌkæp |
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Définition of redcap
Origin :- "porter at a railroad station," 1914, American English, from red (adj.1) + cap (n.). Earlier it was the name of the goldfinch, a type of hen, and a long-toothed spectre in Scottish castles.
- As in porter : noun person who serves as attendant, caretaker
- Every castle had its tale of Redcap, the sly spirit, or of the woman of the hairy hand.
- Extract from : « The Gold Of Fairnilee » by Andrew Lang
- At last the redcap got disgusted and said, ‘Miss, that thar dorg is plumdum!’
- Extract from : « Third Warning » by Roy J. Snell
- Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap!
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Anonymous
- Malone watched the luggage being stowed away, and followed after the redcap and its escort with mixed feelings.
- Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Malone punched the redcap's buttons again, and he and Boyd followed it through the crowded station to the taxi stand.
- Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Well I went into the railway station and the redcap took the beast and tried to steer him through the crowd.
- Extract from : « Third Warning » by Roy J. Snell
- Redcap is a popular appellation of that class of spirits which haunt old castles.
- Extract from : « Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Volume III (of 3) » by Walter Scott
- Redcap was hauling her trawl when without any warning shrapnel burst on board.
- Extract from : « Merchantmen-at-Arms » by David W. Bone
- She was followed by a redcap carrying a lovely little Russia leather bag.
- Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street
- Fanny, following the wake of a redcap, picked him at once from among the crowd of clock-waiters.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
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