Granny-sit

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To watch or tend an elderly female relative at home. ambitransitive, informal

    "I know he'll have you stitched up with pre-nuptial agreements but if he's prepared to pay you five thousand bucks a day just to granny-sit, then being his wife has got to be worth at least double that."

Example

More examples

"I know he'll have you stitched up with pre-nuptial agreements but if he's prepared to pay you five thousand bucks a day just to granny-sit, then being his wife has got to be worth at least double that."

Etymology

From granny + sit, modelled on babysit.

Related phrases

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