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housebroken

[haus-broh-kuhn] / ˈhaʊsˌbroʊ kən /
ADJECTIVE
domesticated
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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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