housebroken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of housebroken
Example Sentences
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After using a ton of bleach and power tools outfitted with scrub brushes, I have told my father his friends are not welcome until they are housebroken.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2020
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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