baby-sitter
Example Sentences
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But I do think we have a bigger expectation of what we want when we go out, when we get the baby-sitter, when we pay for parking.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
"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
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
If you re a guy and not a girl, and you’re my age—just weeks past thirteen—you’re too old to have a baby-sitter but too young to be one.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
