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Definition of Baby minder
1. Noun. A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baby Minder
Literary usage of Baby minder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Literary Studies by Stephen Leacock (1916)
"Feminists of the enraged kind may talk as they will of the paid attendant and
the expert baby- minder. Fiddlesticks! These things are a mere supplement, ..."
2. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan, Bevan, George Phillips, 1829?-1889 (1877)
"... the children to be nursed at home, or by a " baby minder," who, for a small
daily sum, takes in the little unfortunate and doses it with opiates. ..."
3. The Children of the Nation: How Their Health and Vigour Should be Promoted by John Eldon Gorst (1906)
"... is a general agreement," says the chief inspector, "^that the best-informed
teacher is not necessarily the best baby-minder. ..."
4. Rambles in Central China by William Arthur. Cornaby (1896)
"It is an unpatented baby-minder, and might be introduced into the West with
advantage. The child is free to move its arms, to kick the wooden sides, ..."
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