What does cat-sit mean?

cat-sit

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

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"If you are a cat lover, you can cat-sit for a season in some spiffy house or apartment."
"Polly Duncan has a new kitten and I agreed to cat-sit, but he turned out to be a wound-up, hyperactive, jet-propelled maniac!"
"Suzana was off to the Burning Man festival this year and wanted me to be home in time to cat-sit, though she'd tried not to hint too broadly."

cat-sits (present, singular) cat-sitting (participle, present) cat-sat (participle, past) cat-sat (past)

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