baby-sitter
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"We all have weekly shifts assigned and there is no limit to the number of hours we can work," says Pizza, who boosts her income helping out as a baby-sitter, cleaner and waiter.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
“It can be rather frustrating to an experienced and normally effective mother to see a young baby-sitter or day care worker doing better with her child than she,” Ames writes.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
Newsday reports that Grechen Shirley has paid a baby-sitter $22 an hour from campaign funds to watch her two children, ages 2 and 3, while she ran for office and her husband worked in Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2018
“Education is the best way to help that, otherwise you’re just a glorified baby-sitter out here.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2016
Later, when the baby was a little older, maybe they’d get a baby-sitter and Johnnie Mae could work for a while until they were doing better.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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