Definitions

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  • noun One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.

Etymologies

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cat +‎ sitter

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Examples

  • If not, I guess I'll ask our catsitter, though why she'd have left a men's jacket here is a bit of a mystery to me...

    Lost and found. bradamant 2008

  • This was longer than my whole apartment, so I whiled away the time trying to picture where my bed was on that painting, where my running shoes, where the TV would be—where our cats were hiding perhaps right now, while Stephen our catsitter was partying among them and trying to download porn on our computer.

    Kevin Killian: What I Saw at the Orono Conference 2008, part 17 Dodie Bellamy 2008

  • This was longer than my whole apartment, so I whiled away the time trying to picture where my bed was on that painting, where my running shoes, where the TV would be—where our cats were hiding perhaps right now, while Stephen our catsitter was partying among them and trying to download porn on our computer.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Dodie Bellamy 2008

  • I am hoping that the famous blogger catsitter will be blogging lots about Duncan in your absence.

    Zoom’s To-Do List « knitnut.net 2008

  • The house is a mess -- my portions of it, anyway -- but I hope our catsitter will forgive us.

    And We're Off! Susan Palwick 2008

  • The house is a mess -- my portions of it, anyway -- but I hope our catsitter will forgive us.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Susan Palwick 2008

  • This despite the fact that my catsitter told me that Max is lonely.

    afrobella 2009

  • My sister is going on a trip and her usual catsitter cannot come by this time.

    Ask MetaFilter oflinkey 2009

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