housesit
Americanverb (used without object)
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That even included celebrity soirees, albeit without their knowledge: A friend of the Disquotays used to housesit for Etta James and they threw ragers at her home when the singer went out of town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
In 2018, Colin and Kai Frolich left San Francisco for Truckee to housesit for a friend.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022
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
Carol asked me to watch her cats while she’s away and I agreed, but now Deb wants to surprise Carol by coming out to housesit and clean.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2017
Derek stayed near campus to housesit for a professor after graduation, and he began to consider making a public statement.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2016
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
He’s currently housesitting, and said he and his wife have talked about parking an RV on her sister’s property in the area during football season.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
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 Cory Doctorow
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