redcap

Etymology
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In sense of "porter", 1890s US; compare contemporary 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters.

Noun

 * 1)  A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
 * 2)  A porter in a US railway station.
 * 3)  A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch.
 * 4)  A type of evil goblin or imp.
 * 5) * 1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
 * Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle,
 * And beside him Old Redcap sly; &mdash;
 * "Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might,
 * The death that I must die?"
 * 1) A breed of poultry.
 * 1) A breed of poultry.
 * 1) A breed of poultry.
 * 1) A breed of poultry.

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