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housebroken

[ hous-broh-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of housebroken1

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + broken
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“It helps with housebreaking, although the person who found her said she seemed housebroken.”

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Not to mention the fact that he isn’t housebroken, chews, bites like all puppies do, and we have a dog that goes absolutely insane around other dogs, getting very rough.

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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.

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I fully expect to read he’s been housebroken in recent weeks.

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Francis Bacon “is perfect for a house, but Franz Kline is not housebroken—too much energy.”

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