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housebroken

[hous-broh-kuhn] / ˈhaʊsˌbroʊ kən /
ADJECTIVE
domesticated
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By that, I mean nice, smart, accomplished, shares some interests, is housebroken in most of the right ways?

From Slate Nov. 22, 2019

At Southeast Missouri, which has about 11,500 students, critters will have to be family pets that are quiet, housebroken and get a roommate’s sign-off.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2018

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

Are parents just tame animals, housebroken and desexed?

From New York Times Oct. 2, 2017

Here I’d left a sweet, well-mannered, housebroken cat behind and they were dragging along two disgusting, smelly, flea-covered monkeys.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz




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