Teen-sitter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who watches or tends someone else’s teenage child for a period of time, often for money. rare
"Woman phoned to say she and her husband went to Paris for the weekend, leaving their children with a—well, a teen-sitter, I suppose. The couple got back late last night to find the lot gone and naturally she assumes they’ve all drowned."
Example
More examples"Woman phoned to say she and her husband went to Paris for the weekend, leaving their children with a—well, a teen-sitter, I suppose. The couple got back late last night to find the lot gone and naturally she assumes they’ve all drowned."
Etymology
By analogy with babysitter.
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