Home-sit

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of house-sit.

    "Hazel Freed and her cousin Susan Klayman call themselves Housewives Who Home-Sit. For several years they have been “home-sitting” for vacationing relatives and friends. Last May they began operating professionally and in partnership."

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"Hazel Freed and her cousin Susan Klayman call themselves Housewives Who Home-Sit. For several years they have been “home-sitting” for vacationing relatives and friends. Last May they began operating professionally and in partnership."

Etymology

From home + sit, formed by analogy to babysit.

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