Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
housebroken .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a
pet : trained not toexcrete indoors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
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Examples
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They must have decent manners, be house-trained and well-groomed, and they must not be "food thieves … have constant flatulence, snore loudly or be excessive droolers," says Palika.
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So, how disarming it was to sit and listen here on Sunday not to a werewolf but a house-trained pet with its teeth removed.
2012 Australian Open: Andy Murray ready for Ryan Harrison's brat gene 2012
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The online information had promised she was house-trained, smart, friendly and trained to do some things.
Pet Talk: Here's proof that rescue dogs make great pets 2011
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It is house-trained and I am willing to clean up its mess outside, if you'd like.
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It is house-trained and I am willing to clean up its mess outside, if you'd like.
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That led one journalist to wonder whether the Norwegian universities believe that I am "not entirely house-trained."
Norway to Jews: You're Not Welcome Here Alan M. Dershowitz 2011
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However, the majority of pups placed on such a lax, abbreviated potty training program remain only partially house-trained.
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However, the majority of pups placed on such a lax, abbreviated potty training program remain only partially house-trained.
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We are two adult males, with a medium sized, very well-behaved, completely house-trained and quiet dog.
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Not only would they happily kill rats and mice, but they are also unvenomous, don't constrict and can be house-trained.
Snakes are evil, but save your venom for the self-appointed language police 2010
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