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housebroken

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. housebroken (adjective)
  2. housebreak (verb)

house·bro·ken

adj \-ˌbrō-kən\

Definition of HOUSEBROKEN

1
: trained to excretory habits acceptable in indoor living —used of a household pet
2
: made tractable or polite
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First Known Use of HOUSEBROKEN

1900

Rhymes with HOUSEBROKEN

betoken, fair-spoken, foretoken, free-spoken, heartbroken, outspoken, plainspoken, short-spoken, soft-spoken, unbroken, well-spoken, wind-broken

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