HOUSEBROKEN

housebroken, house-trained

(adjective) (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; ā€œhousebroken petsā€; ā€œā€˜house-trained’ is chiefly Britishā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

housebroken (not comparable)

Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.

Synonym: house-trained

Source: Wiktionary



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UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; ā€œunderlay the plateā€


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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