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housesat

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house⋅sit

  [hous-sit]
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–verb (used without object), -sat, -sit⋅ting.
to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, esp. by living in it.
Also, house-sit.

Origin:
1975–80; house + sit 1 , on the model of baby-sit

Related forms:
house sitter, house-sitter, noun
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house·sit   (hous'sĭt')   
intr.v.   house·sat (-sāt'), house·sit·ting, house·sits
To act as a house sitter.
house'sit'ting n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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