plural au pairs
ˈō-ˈperz 
: a usually young foreign person who cares for children and does domestic work for a family in return for room and board and the opportunity to learn the family's language
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The dead-eyed, bedridden Sam is a far cry from the easygoing young woman who interviews for an au pair job with a Toronto police officer, Cameron (Jason Jones), to care for his 12-year-old daughter Brooke, while her mother is hospitalized with a terminal illness.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 June 2024
The dead-eyed, bedridden Sam is a far cry from the easygoing young woman who interviews for an au pair job with a Toronto police officer, Cameron (Jason Jones), to care for his 12-year-old daughter Brooke while her mother is hospitalized with a terminal illness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Two share a beautiful hallway bath, and the last bedroom is a flexible space that can be an au pair or in-law suite with a separate sitting room or study and private bath, as well as a second staircase that goes from this area directly to the garage.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2024
But not everyone sees such a halo above the head of the au pair arrangement.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 June 2024
The dead-eyed, bedridden Sam is a far cry from the easygoing young woman who interviews for an au pair job with a Toronto police officer, Cameron (Jason Jones), to care for his 12-year-old daughter Brooke while her mother is hospitalized with a terminal illness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Two share a beautiful hallway bath, and the last bedroom is a flexible space that can be an au pair or in-law suite with a separate sitting room or study and private bath, as well as a second staircase that goes from this area directly to the garage.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2024
But not everyone sees such a halo above the head of the au pair arrangement.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
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