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PORTER, BAGGAGE

Specialty Definition: PORTER, BAGGAGE

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Occupations

Delivers luggage to and from hotel rooms, sets up sample rooms for sales personnel and performs related services as requested by guest or BAGGAGE PORTER, HEAD (hotel & rest.). Transfers trunks, packages, and other baggage to room or loading area, using handtruck. Arranges for outgoing freight, express or mail shipments, computes charges, tags article, and records information, such as addressee, addressor, carrier, and charges, on specified forms. Sets up display tables, racks, or shelves and assists sales personnel in unpacking and arranging merchandise display. May supply guests with travel information, such as transportation rates, routes, and schedules. May escort incoming guest to room [BELLHOP (hotel & rest.)]. May arrange for cleaning, laundering, and repair of guests' clothing and other items. May compute charge slips for services rendered guests and forwards slips to bookkeeping department. (references)
 Carries baggage for passengers of airline, railroad, or motorbus by hand or handtruck, to waiting or baggage room, onto train or bus, or to taxicab or private automobile. Performs related services, such as calling taxicabs, directing persons to ticket windows and rest rooms, and assisting handicapped passengers upon their arrival or departure. May clean terminal floors; wash walls, windows and counters; and dust furniture. When employed in airline terminal, is designated Skycap (air trans.). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: PORTER, BAGGAGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-a-a-b-e-e-g-g-g-o-p-r-r-t"

-5 letters: aggregate, perborate, porterage, reportage, reprobate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PORTER, BAGGAGE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4F 52 54 45 52 2C      42 41 47 47 41 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000111 01000111 01000001 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#66 &#65 &#71 &#71 &#65 &#71 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 0052 0054 0045 0052 002C      0042 0041 0047 0047 0041 0047 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50495254395214236354141354139

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