housesit

or house-sit

[hous-sit]

verb (used without object), house·sat, house·sit·ting.

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

Origin of housesit

1975–80; house + sit¹, on the model of baby-sit

Related formshouse sitter, house-sit·ter, noun

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