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housesit

American  
[hous-sit] / ˈhaʊsˌsɪt /
Or house-sit

verb (used without object)

housesat, housesitting
  1. to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.


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Etymology

Origin of housesit

1975–80; house + sit 1, on the model of babysit

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However, TrustedHousesitters has received complaints from users traveling internationally, including Madolline Gourley, an Australian, who wrote via email that she was deported during a layover in Los Angeles for a housesit in Canada when U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2022

In 2018, Colin and Kai Frolich left San Francisco for Truckee to housesit for a friend.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2022

Approximately a month ago I hired a young man from a pet store I frequent to housesit for a day.

From Slate Dec. 30, 2019

In addition to dog walking and pet sitting, Rover workers can housesit or do “drop in” visits with animals to feed them, let them out for a few minutes or administer medicine.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2019

As with any job, if you prove your merit in housesitting, it could lead to referrals or an invitation to housesit again.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2019

In the following months, I lived on couches and housesat, penniless in the brutal Yukon winter.

From The Guardian Oct. 30, 2019

Sam and Yash have been housesitting for one of their professors while he is on sabbatical overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

Then they will stay on for three more weeks in the US, without paying for any overnight accommodation, thanks to further housesitting stints in Connecticut and Brooklyn.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

Gabrielle, the struggling actor, is housesitting at a mansion in the Hollywood Hills.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2024

Travel strategist Toni McCord, 52, started housesitting on Nomador in 2016 and now suggests the platform to her clients who are self-employed or work remotely.

From Reuters May 22, 2023

Then I spent a couple of weeks in Manhattan housesitting for my friend while he was visiting his folks in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving.

From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory

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