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   baby minder
         n 1: a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's
               own home) while the babys' parents are working [syn:
               {babyminder}, {baby minder}, {minder}]

English Dictionary: babyminder by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babyminder
n
  1. a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
    Synonym(s): babyminder, baby minder, minder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef man
n
  1. a man who raises (or tends) cattle [syn: cattleman, {cow man}, beef man]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
      bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.
      baban tassel, or E. bob.]
      1. A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most
            commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each
            thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down
            holding the thread at a slight tension.
  
      2. A spool or reel of various material and construction, with
            a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole
            bored through its length by which it may be placed on a
            spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in
            spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.
  
      3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
            string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  
      4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
  
      5. (Elec.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated
            wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes
            magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical
            current.
  
      {Bobbin and fly frame}, a roving machine.
  
      {Bobbin lace}, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow
            lace.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bayview-Montalvin, CA (CDP, FIPS 4503)
      Location: 38.00163 N, 122.32270 W
      Population (1990): 3988 (1203 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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