Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The area adjacent to an airplane.
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- adjective beside an airplane; particularly used of baggage check or security searches
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is then sorted into carts by one ramp agent who brings it planeside for other ramp agents to load on the airplane.
Confessions of An Airline Baggage 'Thrower': Why You Should Buy A Four-Wheeler Suitcase 2011
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They were met planeside by a military green sedan, there to take Harry straight to the base hospital.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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Emma met him planeside with a limo bearing diplomatic plates.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Emma met him planeside with a limo bearing diplomatic plates.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Emma met him planeside with a limo bearing diplomatic plates.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Once bags are tagged, they are sorted and placed on carts, then driven planeside, where a crew loads them into the belly of a jet.
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When I was asked planeside in Saigon or planeside in Honolulu or planeside at Andrews Air Base as I arrived, what I'd found, I was speaking not only to the American people; I was speaking to the enemy -- to the Chinese, to the Soviets and to the Viet Cong.
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It is then sorted into carts by one ramp agent who brings it planeside for other ramp agents to load on the airplane.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com George Hobica 2011
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It was a sentimental and monumental event as the Brazilian government gave the Philippine president full planeside military honors complete with all the 21-gun salute.
WN.com - Articles related to Chile Rejects Church Call to Pardon Officials 2010
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It was a sentimental and monumental event as the Brazilian government gave the Philippine president full planeside military honors complete with all the 21-gun salute.
WN.com - Articles related to Chile Rejects Church Call to Pardon Officials 2010
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