Teen-sit

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To watch or tend (someone else’s teenage child) for a period of time, often for money. ambitransitive, rare

    "They actually headquartered in Chatsford where Grace was "teen-sitting" her great-grandchildren … but who, as teens, didn’t REALLY NEED all that baby-sitting …"

Example

More examples

"They actually headquartered in Chatsford where Grace was "teen-sitting" her great-grandchildren … but who, as teens, didn’t REALLY NEED all that baby-sitting …"

Etymology

By analogy with babysit.

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