house-broken
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He’s so fully house-broken the door on his cage doesn’t even need to be closed, let alone locked.
From Time • May 11, 2015
Now there were coming children of the older Brothers, and these, having learned the ways of the place from their fathers, were already house-broken, as we said, when they came.
From The Master of the Inn by Herrick, Robert
These I visited persistently, until my powder was perfected and had been proved efficacious for the capture of any ordinary house-broken phantom.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
That little Cardross girl is playing the devil with the callow hereabout," Wayward said; "Malcourt, house-broken, runs to heel with the rest.
From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"Well, isn't he house-broken?" asked Warrington with gentle malice.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
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