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  • noun a child minder
  • noun a baby sitter

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Examples

  • They brought with them from Spain a baby-minder for the year-old Javier; she wasted little time in finding herself an American lover and eloping, leaving behind a very frantic Señora Marìas.

    Nabokov Wasn't There Layman, B. J. 2008

  • ‘No, but I thought you might try to deposit him with that baby-minder you use – just to keep him out of this.’

    State of the Union Douglas Kennedy 2005

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