baby minder


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Noun1.baby minder - a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are workingbaby minder - a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
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"People say what's the main thing about your job and I always say glorified baby minder because some of the things the boys tell you and ask your advice on - about the cars, their love lives - it's unbelievable," Morgan told M.E.N.
MODERN men may still be the breadwinners in most real family households but in the movies and on TV much has been made of the dichotomy of blokes being the baby minder.
A DON'T see why you should continue to shell out for another wedding any more than I understand why your wife thinks it's her duty to be an unpaid baby minder. However, it is her daughter, not yours, so you would be wiser not to interfere.