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Spenard divorces

Spenard divorces is the plural of Spenard divorce.

Meaning of Spenard divorce

Noun

Spenard divorce (plural Spenard divorces)

  1. (Alaska slang) mariticide (wives killing husbands)
    • From Spenard divorces to the bar scene that peaked during pipeline construction, many Spenard legends have an illegal or at least illicit aspect.2020 May 17, David Reamer, “History of Spenard: How a squatter, bootlegger and showman gave Anchorage’s most renowned road its name”, in Anchorage Daily News
  2. (broadly) spousal homicide

Questions about Spenard divorces

What is Spenard divorces the plural of?
Spenard divorces is the plural of Spenard divorce.

Words near Spenard divorces in the dictionary

  1. spelunkings
  2. spelunks
  3. spen
  4. spenard
  5. spenard divorce
  6. Spenard divorces
  7. spence
  8. Spencean
  9. spencer
  10. Spencer County
  11. Spencer Gulf

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