[Ads-l] Antedating of "Babysitter"

[Shapiro, Fred]

babysitter (OED 1937)

1919 Evening Bulletin (Providence, R.I.) 18 Aug. 46/7 (Genealogy Bank)

BABY sitter, dependable, middle aged, refined lady, available from 3 p.m. to late evening.

NOTE:  Searches in newspaper databases reveal that there was an earlier meaning of "babysitter" referring to someone involved in taking photographs of babies.

Fred Shapiro



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