- a variation of housesit.
house-sit
Britishverb
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Recently, my adult daughter agreed to house-sit for friends in Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024
Her solution was to agree to house-sit, walk dogs, and care for plants for people around the globe.
From Reuters ● May 22, 2023
After being hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, he emerges from a mental ward and travels to Los Angeles for an extended stay, to house-sit the lavish home of his much more successful younger brother.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019
She accepts her sister’s offer to dog-sit and house-sit for the summer with a sigh of tempered relief.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
Since she used to house-sit for them, she knew she would feel comfortable in Glebewood.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
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