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red cap en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of redcap (“goblin or imp”).
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   • "Hide me, Little Sweep," cried Red Cap. "My brother is after me." 1920, Loretta Ellen Brady, “CHAPTER VII Sweep and Little Sweep”, in The Green Forest Fairy Book, page 175:
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of redcap (“breed of poultry”).
   alt of redcap
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of redcap (“porter”).
   alt of redcap
   • The man who carries your luggage at the station is a "red cap", not a porter. 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:

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