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homewrecker

homewrecker is the alternative form 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

Forms of homewrecker

pluralhomewreckers

Questions about homewrecker

What is homewrecker the alternative form of?
Homewrecker is the alternative form of home wrecker.

Words near homewrecker in the dictionary

  1. homewort
  2. homewrap
  3. homewraps
  4. homewreck
  5. homewrecked
  6. homewrecker
  7. homewreckers
  8. homewrecking
  9. homewrecks
  10. homey
  11. Homey Airport

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