house-train

verb

house-trained; house-training; house-trains

transitive verb

chiefly British

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Profile: Mary Jane is house-trained and crate-trained. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024 Her foster dad tells us that Anika is house-trained and crate trained. The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of house-train was in 1924

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“House-train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house-train. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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