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
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
They are not house-broken to their new capital, that is all, and that will come in time.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price
A newspaper advertisement describing a certain dog which was offered for sale says "He is thoroughly house-broken, will eat anything, is very fond of children."
From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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
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