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housesit

American  
[haus-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

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

In April 1998, when Tomas­zewski was 14, the Vilardos asked him to housesit while they went on a week-long vacation to Florida, according to police officials and records.

From Washington Post ● May 23, 2015

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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