plant-sit

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English

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Etymology

By analogy with babysit

Verb

plant-sit (third-person singular simple present plant-sits, present participle plant-sitting, simple past and past participle plant-sat)

  1. To take care of someone's plants while they are away.
    • 1977, Gardening in containers, page 27:
      To relieve any anxieties on your part, locate a reliable neighbor to plant-sit while you are away.
    • 2000, Peter McHoy, The Complete Houseplant Bible, page 56:
      Unless you have a friendly neighbour who can plant-sit for you, you will have to devise ways of keeping your plants watered while you are away.
    • 2016, Laura Lane, Angela Spera, This Is Why You're Single:
      Some of these are people you wouldn't even trust to plant-sit for you, so why are you getting their spin on where you should take your love life?
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