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  • noun Plural form of babysitter.

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Examples

  • She's having to be with a lot of babysitters, which is very frustrating for her, and it's difficult to explain to her, you know, why exactly that is.

    Ask Amy: Getting Through Tough Times 2008

  • I kept trying to make connections between his victims and the idea of babysitters neglecting their charges, but I might have been way off.

    What's All This Then?: Michael Myers and Halloween, Part One Michael May 2007

  • I kept trying to make connections between his victims and the idea of babysitters neglecting their charges, but I might have been way off.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Michael May 2007

  • One of our babysitters is a mom we know and trust.

    Considerations in Picking a Babysitter | Thingamababy 2006

  • So we decided to head South (or more South because damnit I forget I sort of am in the South) to where the weather was warm, the drinks were tasty, and the babysitters were a-plenty.

    Motherhood Uncensored 2009

  • So mark your calendars, call your babysitters and start dialing for reservations, because from Sept. 7-13, all 40 Dine Originals members will be dishing up some very special fixed-price dinners.

    unknown title 2009

  • Riding on five dogsleds each with more than a dozen huskies, sleeping in tents on the ice, led by native hunters who resent being "babysitters," battling the bitter cold and biting wind -- not the typical school trip for high schoolers.

    Stewart Nusbaumer: Peace & Survial: Two Worthy Docs Stewart Nusbaumer 2010

  • Riding on five dogsleds each with more than a dozen huskies, sleeping in tents, led by native hunters who resent being "babysitters," together they battle the bitter cold and biting wind.

    Stewart Nusbaumer: Peace & Survial: Two Worthy Docs Stewart Nusbaumer 2010

  • In one of the more cunning examples of the chicanery employed by the rival league to woo incoming players, the AFL surreptitiously called for a bogus meeting of the so-called "babysitters" utilized by the older league — while labeling it an NFL event — to coincide with the NFL draft.

    From upstart to big time, how the AFL changed the NFL 2009

  • Riding on five dogsleds each with more than a dozen huskies, sleeping in tents, led by native hunters who resent being "babysitters," together they battle the bitter cold and biting wind.

    Stewart Nusbaumer: Peace & Survial: Two Worthy Docs Stewart Nusbaumer 2010

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