teensit

present singular third person teensits · participle present teensitting · participle past teensat · past teensat

1. alternativeAlternative form of teen-sit.

   HOUSESITTING & TEENSITTING / Mature respond.^([sic]) adult to care for home,older children, pets.

   1986 August 3, Nancy, “Situations Wanted”, in Winston-Salem Journal, 90th year, number 126, Winston-Salem, N.C., →OCLC, page G11, column 6

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   Well, you can try me out and decide if all that learning will see me through your teens and the next four to come; in any case, please be patient with your dear old Dad who sends you the happiest birthday. P.S. A change in terms: “Babysit Jen, Childsit the next three, Teensit you,” okay?

   a. 1985, C. Henry Kempe, letter; quoted in Annie Kempe, “The Girls”, in A Good Knight for Children: C. Henry Kempe’s Quest to Protect the Abused Child, [Bangor, Me.]: Booklocker.com, 2007, →ISBN

   [2] Cathouse tonight, after Wheatus, supported by Regency Buck. I wonder how many sibling points I'll get for this nightmare scenario of teensitting.

   2002 June 29, “Se7en [Poll]”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Oct 2025

   His name was Tremaine and he started spending more and more time with his dad, which Brad professed to love, but which left me teensitting him whenever I wasn’t on a job, which was most of the time since Brad really resented my work and its long hours.

   2005, Nancy Kelly, chapter 21, in Ginny Blue’s Boyfriends, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 338

   Emily waved the kids on and waited until they were halfway across the lot to respond to Doug. “You don’t need to come. I’ll just be doing a little teensitting.” There was no question in his mind. If she were his kid sister, if he still had a sister, he’d want the buddy he had entrusted to take her home to see it through.

   2014, Chris Keniston, chapter 6, in Dive into You (Aloha Romance Series; 4), Indie House Publishing, →ISBN