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See also: house-broken

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From house +‎ broken.

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housebroken (not comparable)

  1. (of animals) trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
    Synonym: house-trained
    • 1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski[1], spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges):
      Hey. At least I'm housebroken.
    • 2012 September 1, 0:14 from the start, in Putin Learns Putin Behind Plot To Assassinate Putin[2], The Onion, archived from the original on 20 July 2016:
      Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy.

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