Spenard divorce en · NOUN
Etymology
Spenard + divorce. From where such events frequently took place, in Spenard, Alaska, USA; where wives killed their husbands.
Meanings
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(qualifier: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:
- (broadly) spousal homicide
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spenard divorces | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| spenard divorce | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Spenard | alternative | lexicographic | |
| spenard | alternative | lexicographic |