teensitter

See also: teen-sitter

English

Noun

teensitter (plural teensitters)

  1. Alternative form of teen-sitter.
    • 1978, Linda L. Bryan, the 1974-75 Drama Club (John Glenn Junior High School), A Case of Cleanser: A Juvenile Mystery Farce in One Act, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, page 3:
      Laura, Mary, Katy, I’d like to present you to Miss Gass who now lives next door. Laura and Mary are my girls. Katy is our (Searching for a proper new word) ah—teensitter.
    • 1999 May 25, “Help Wanted”, in The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kan.: Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11C, column 1:
      CHILD CARE Teensitter/housesitter, 18/+ w/DL. 9-3 M-F. Pay nego.
    • 2002 February 19, Gus McNally, “John Stossel: Social Cruelity - Does high school never end?”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 October 2025:
      In non-academic schools, academic talent does not equal power. It is the fault of the schools for having an anti-education agenda. They all pretend to be pro-education, but are really just baby-sitters (or childsitters, or teensitters), who artifically over-value jocks, and appease the rich brats. Few schools nurture academic talent, or the love of knowledge.
    • 2006 June 28, Rob Ascough, “Impression of SFMM”, in rec.roller-coaster‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 October 2025:
      Yeah, the park has a lot of crap that it could do without. Superman and X are popular rides, except they have shit capacity and probably piss off more people than they entertain. Besides, it's all those XTREME coasters that have made the park a teensitter.
    • [2013, Enrich Your Word Power and Improve Your English, New Delhi: Rapidex Publications, →ISBN, page 512:
      Teensitter a responsible adult that supervises teenagers]
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