Definitions
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- noun One who acts as
babysitter for adog in the owner's absence.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And since we’re away from our bed and our pet, we had to call the dogsitter to put the dog on the phone so we could tell her we’ll miss her at bedtime.
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Sandra Bullock and infant son Louie picked up their two pups from a dogsitter in Austin, Texas this week.
Sandra Bullock Steps Out With Baby Louis (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Sandra Bullock and infant son Louie picked up their two pups from a dogsitter in Austin, Texas this week.
Sandra Bullock Steps Out With Baby Louis (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Skeeter came to believe that he was only a background person in her life, a dogsitter and an overseer to her horse ranch.
In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010
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Skeeter came to believe that he was only a background person in her life, a dogsitter and an overseer to her horse ranch.
In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010
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Oh, and the recipes for dog food so any dogsitter would know just how much spinach goes into my pets 'homemade chow.
Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part IV: Braininess Re-examined 2010
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The dogsitter told me, "Oh, I planted those so he wouldn't be bored."
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Skeeter came to believe that he was only a background person in her life, a dogsitter and an overseer to her horse ranch.
In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010
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Sandra Bullock and infant son Louie picked up their two pups from a dogsitter in Austin, Texas this week.
Sandra Bullock Steps Out With Baby Louis (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Oh, and the recipes for dog food so any dogsitter would know just how much spinach goes into my pets' homemade chow.
Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part IV: Braininess Re-examined Marian Salzman 2010
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