Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
house-sitter .
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Examples
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I don't know if I can get down there before Nov. Hope you have, sounds like having a housesitter is a good idea.
Godawlmighty 2005
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Dumbfounded, I called our housesitter and left a message.
Catholic Sensibility 2009
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Matt Hughes is a Canadian author of science-fantasy and crime fiction who now lives wherever his secondary career as a housesitter takes him.
MIND MELD: Shrewd Writing Advice From Some of Science Fiction's & Fantasy's Best Writers 2009
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* I'm free for summer travel - so if you need a housesitter or a road-trip buddy and you're somewhere I can reasonably and affordably get to, I'm your girl.
How can we help? gothwalk 2009
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If you were looking for an extremely responsible, dog-loving housesitter, who might hopefully have a green thumb, available for the summer, where would you post such a request?
Housesitting 2009
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Kyle MacLachlan plays the mayor of Portland and Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza drops by Episode 4 as a housesitter.
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He lived in dozens of places as an itinerant housesitter and became known as something of a "man who came to dinner."
A Local Life: Irvin Leigh Matus, 69, penniless Shakespeare scholar who lived by his own design 2011
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If you were looking for an extremely responsible, dog-loving housesitter, who might hopefully have a green thumb, available for the summer, where would you post such a request?
Housesitting 2009
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If you were looking for an extremely responsible, dog-loving housesitter, who might hopefully have a green thumb, available for the summer, where would you post such a request?
Housesitting 2009
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Says the man who just lucked into ten days free at a local bed and breakfast playing security guard/watchman/caretaker/housesitter.
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