housebroken
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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2021
I’m domesticated, housebroken, and I cook a mean minestrone.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2019
Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
The sisters don’t agree on much but they both detest Vicky, a smelly beast too stupid to be housebroken and forever fouling the house and bumping into things she shouldn’t.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2014
Anyone who’s ever had a cat that’s not housebroken can imagine the smells, other than pepper and thyme, that permeate this house.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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