spenard divorce

noun

mariticide (wives killing husbands)

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Meanings

spenard divorce1

nounspenard divorce (plural spenard divorces)

plural spenard divorces

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Spenard divorce

Spenard divorce2

nounSpenard divorce (plural Spenard divorces)

plural Spenard divorces · alternative spenard divorce · alternative Spenard · alternative spenard

  1. Alaska slangmariticide (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. broadlyspousal homicide

Origin

Spenard + divorce. From where such events frequently took place, in Spenard, Alaska, USA; where wives killed their husbands.

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APA

spenard divorce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spenard%20divorce

MLA

“spenard divorce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spenard%20divorce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spenard divorce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spenard%20divorce.

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