Definitions

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  • noun One sitting near or nearby.

Etymologies

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From by- +‎ sitter.

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Examples

  • And as if this illusion wasn't mind-bending enough, a pigeon is in turn pretending to hold Contador up in the air with his beak while a delighted bystander or bysitter looks on:

    Archive 2009-12-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • And as if this illusion wasn't mind-bending enough, a pigeon is in turn pretending to hold Contador up in the air with his beak while a delighted bystander or bysitter looks on:

    You Must Be Crazy: Strength of Conviction BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Mr. SissyPants was immediately on his feet, tipping back his chair, which hit an innocent bysitter in the head, and her boyfriend, Chesty McHair, was just as quickly out of his seat and in Mr. SissyPants' face.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Jay 2007

  • Mr. SissyPants was immediately on his feet, tipping back his chair, which hit an innocent bysitter in the head, and her boyfriend, Chesty McHair, was just as quickly out of his seat and in Mr. SissyPants' face.

    She's As Cold As Ice Jay 2007

  • B.t for the same reason I eschew Disney, the B.bysitter Club, and Junie B. Jones books, I downright refuse the barf/poop/belch genre: They're all junk-food books; trans-fat-laden, corn syrup-saturated Hostess cherry pies on the literary highway.

    WORLDmag.com | Community Amy Henry 2010

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