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home wreckers

home wreckers is the plural of home wrecker.

Meaning of home wrecker

Noun

home wrecker (plural home wreckers)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, slang) A person who gains the affections of someone already married or engaged, and thus causes the dissolution of the marriage or engagement.
    • I, unfortunately, was the prey of a vicious, depraved B-girl. In addition, the proprietress is a Nazi. We barely escaped with our lives. Go investigate that gang and let us alone, you homewrecker.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 3, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 55
    Synonyms:
    homebreaker

Questions about home wreckers

What is home wreckers the plural of?
Home wreckers is the plural of home wrecker.

Words near home wreckers in the dictionary

  1. home video
  2. home videos
  3. home visit
  4. home working
  5. home wrecker
  6. home wreckers
  7. home zone
  8. home zones
  9. home, sweet home
  10. home-
  11. home-along

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