skedn.
/skɛd/, U.S. /skɛd/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
(a) = schedule n.; (b) = scheduled adj.; also elliptical, a scheduled flight.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule
timesc1410
time bill1810
train indicator1849
time sheet1850
horary1851
timetable1856
schedule1863
horarium1921
sked1929
time frame1946
timeline1948
society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > regularly timed journey > by or in specific type of service or class
charter1959
tourist flight1959
sked1972
the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [adjective] > occurring on special day of calendar > timetabled
timetabled1854
sked1981
1929 Amer. Speech 4 289 A ‘sked’ (schedule) is a message to the central office briefly sketching the contents of a story offered for transmission.
1953 P. M. Scott & J. M. M. Fisher Thousand Geese ix. 103 If we were to get back for our radio sked..we thought we should start home.
1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 4 Mar. 33/2 The ultimate answer..is for the skeds to become competitive with the charters.
1977 New Day Summer 6/1 All mission stations [in Papua New Guinea] are connected by radio, and different times (skeds) are assigned for their use. The Post Office has radio skeds for Government traffic.
1981 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Fall 22 Near the Dean, at Eliguk or Gatcho lakes you can be flown out to Nimpo Lake at Highway 20; thence by car, ‘sked-flight’ (a Cariboo phrase for a scheduled flight).
Derivatives
sked v. = schedule v.
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1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §597/5 Bill [verb]; schedule, sked.
1949 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 Aug. 12/3 (heading) W[illiam] & M[ary] skeds tour for court team.
1981 L. Leamer Assignment i. 8 I don't mind when it's skedded right..but..I don't ever want to work with Henderson again.
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