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
A modern Ulysses, house-broken, and an itinerant siren!
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
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
"Well, isn't he house-broken?" asked Warrington with gentle malice.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
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