- 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
Mr. DePape would help her with her chickens and occasionally house-sit for her, she said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
Former butcher Barry Parkes, 68, who lost his house, two vehicles and his Harley Davidson motorcycle, said friends had asked him to house-sit for them.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2020
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
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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