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- noun Plural form of
baby-sitter .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Forget baby-sitters … their mothers should duct-tape them to the wall.
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There were high-pitched words, mention of Mara, a crib, and baby-sitters.
Broken Symmetry Angela Brett 2010
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Many Italians whose doctors, plumbers and baby-sitters ask to be paid in cash also find official estimates of the underground economy laughably low.
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Johnny Carson quipped, “Warren wanted a baby so he could meet baby-sitters.”
STAR PETER BISKIND 2010
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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
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The Forums have proven to be a great place to find baby-sitters.
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