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housebroken

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house·bro·ken  (housbrkn)
v.
Past participle of housebreak.
adj.
1. Trained to have excretory habits that are appropriate for indoor living: a fully housebroken dog.
2. Trained to be docile or compliant.
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Adj.1.housebroken - (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; "housebroken pets"; "`house-trained' is chiefly British"
trained - shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; "a trained mind"; "trained pigeons"; "well-trained servants"


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According to Barnett, both post-Soviet Russia and Communist China are now adequately housebroken, and can be regarded as members in good standing of the "Global Core.
Stipulating this is not to belittle Dunham, and certainly not to make him sound housebroken by comparison to the old bohemian bear.
 
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