potty trainingn.
/ˈpɒtɪ ˌtreɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdi ˌtreɪnɪŋ/ The action or process of training a child to use a potty or toilet. Also in extended use. Cf. pot-training n. at pot n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > education > upbringing > [noun] > habit-training > toilet-training
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode > for a child > causing or training to use
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1946 M. Dickens Happy Prisoner (1947) ix. 200 Isn't that typical of all hospital nurses? Because they've had a few years' potty training they always think they know more than the doctors.
1955 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 Sept. 2/8 Catherine, one and a half,..says her father, ‘was raised to private first class about two weeks ago when she responded to potty training’.
1969 New Scientist 13 Mar. 31/1 There is no necessary link between outstanding cleanliness and tidiness and outstanding research work. Strict potty-training is not the key to the Royal Society.
1978 P. O'Donnell Dragon's Claw xii. 262 I expect you suffered from poor potty training as a baby.
2005 Reno Gaz.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 July 6 d Low prices are important when you are buying..Pull-Ups and juice for a toddler in potty training.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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