baby-sitter


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Synonyms for baby-sitter

a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

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The accident, according to him, happened when the baby-sitter and the three girls attempted to cross the road from the South to the North at a place not designated for pedestrian crossing.
Translation can be tricky, so I explained that in America a baby-sitter is someone who is paid to look after a child.
A 23-year-old mother faces questioning by police after she went on holiday to Turkey leaving her three young children with a 15-year-old baby-sitter.
Safely at home is stepmum Frankie (Deborah Stephenson), the one-time baby-sitter who helped bring him up.
When you think of a dinosaur, the image of a caring baby-sitter hardly comes to mind.
When he has free-time (and they can find a baby-sitter), you will find him at the movies with his wife.
A baby-sitter can be told that following the parents' rules is a condition for employment.
Clingyness, irrational fears, unwillingness to participate in formerly enjoyable activities, sudden familiarity or language regarding private parts, unexplained crying bouts, withdrawal, and reluctance to interact with a baby-sitter or relative should alert parents.
Malcolm and Reese vie with Dewey for the attentions of an attractive baby-sitter. Hal and Lois attend a convention where Hal fights with an old rival.
Watching from the window was her six-year-old son, Adam, who rushed to tell his baby-sitter of the bin bag blunder.
"Our results suggest they should not rely solely on filtering software to be a baby-sitter." The same is likely true for schools.
Two large color photos, Buck Tooth Beauty and Buck Tooth Beauty with Braces, documented the expressive teeth of a pair of young women close to the artist (an art student/professional dominatrix and Cranston's baby-sitter), while two paintings, Red Sporty and Big Red, with sets of teeth cast in a red field, reflected more abstractly on the theme.
Hire a baby-sitter when your work flow is extra heavy or you need to meet a deadline.