teen-sitter
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Woman phoned to say she and her husband went to Paris for the weekend, leaving their children with a—well, a teen-sitter, I suppose. The couple got back late last night to find the lot gone and naturally she assumes they’ve all drowned."
- "“And you’d be Max Hunter,” she continued, as if she weren’t a very rude woman. “I’m Dana Dupinsky, Caroline’s friend.” / “So I’m told,” he responded dryly. “As well as a teen-sitter with a narcolepsy problem.”"
- "“We’re going to need to work up a schedule to keep her entertained and ensure someone is always with her. She looks older than fifteen but she’s just a kid.” / “Shouldn’t be a problem,” Beck said. “An army of teen-sitters.[…]”"
Etymology
By analogy with babysitter.