baby-sitter
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noun
a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
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Words nearby baby-sitter
Babyn Yar, baby primrose, babyproof, baby's-breath, babysit, baby-sitter, baby snatcher, baby split, baby spot, baby's-tears, baby step
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How to use baby-sitter in a sentence
So then I went to the home of the person I normally have for a baby-sitter.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThey did not stay very long and I think that is the first time she ever left baby with baby sitter; somebody was talking care.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThis undoubtedly makes Henry Spelman the Neck's first white baby-sitter.
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