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  • noun Plural form of baby-sitter.

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Examples

  • She didn’t like the idea of baby-sitters and felt that if there were places she couldn’t take Dee, she didn’t need to be there herself.

    Obsession John Douglas 1998

  • She didn’t like the idea of baby-sitters and felt that if there were places she couldn’t take Dee, she didn’t need to be there herself.

    Obsession John Douglas 1998

  • On any given weekend, the volunteer baby-sitters and Sunday School teachers will service 3,500 children, each of whom is checked in electronically with a bar-coded key fob given to parents at registration.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • I would NOT allow them to enter the jungle without more of my fellow baby-sitters along for their protection.

    Around a Sun Named Inferno Hugh Barlow 2011

  • Forget baby-sitters … their mothers should duct-tape them to the wall.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 5, 2010 2010

  • There were high-pitched words, mention of Mara, a crib, and baby-sitters.

    Broken Symmetry Angela Brett 2010

  • Many Italians whose doctors, plumbers and baby-sitters ask to be paid in cash also find official estimates of the underground economy laughably low.

    Making Statistics Meaningful 2010

  • Johnny Carson quipped, “Warren wanted a baby so he could meet baby-sitters.”

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • In this uncertain economy, with prices for everything from parking to theater tickets to baby-sitters on the rise, many adults are opting out of what used to be an almost weekly entertainment excursion.

    Dennis Palumbo: HOLLYWOOD ON THE COUCH: R.I.P., Movies for Grown-Ups? 2009

  • The Forums have proven to be a great place to find baby-sitters.

    Canoes and Online Communities: Front Porch Forum 2009

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