house sitter
- a word derived from housesit.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday that authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding Carter’s death after receiving a call from a house sitter who found him unresponsive in a bathtub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
This is another advantage of living in a co-op like Village Cooperative; maintenance and security are part of the package, so there’s no need to hire a house sitter or worry about a potential break-in.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
According to a Washington Post profile, in recent years Judge has juggled writing with working in a record store, a liquor store and as a substitute teacher and house sitter.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2018
I’d lived in Portland for a while after college, and some acquaintances there needed a house sitter.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
One of Woolner’s cousins, a Washington lawyer, employs Maggie both at her office and as a house sitter.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
When he returned, exhausted and abuzz, he found that a ceramicist friend who had been serving as his house-sitter had painted over the dragon in his own mosaic style as a “gift” for Page.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2018
Eliminate the latter by using a web security camera as a house-sitter, keeping you connected to your home, no matter where you go.
From Time ● Jul. 6, 2015
Ruth was looking for a house-sitter for six weeks and I needed somewhere to write The Passion.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
