housebroken
See also: house-broken
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edithousebroken (not comparable)
- (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.
Translations
edithouse-trained — see house-trained