Spenard divorce

See also: spenard divorce

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Spenard +‎ divorce. From where such events frequently took place, in Spenard, Alaska, USA; where wives killed their husbands.[1]

Noun

Spenard divorce (plural Spenard divorces)

  1. (Alaska slang) mariticide (wives killing husbands)
    • 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:
      From Spenard divorces to the bar scene that peaked during pipeline construction, many Spenard legends have an illegal or at least illicit aspect.
  2. (by extension) spousal homicide

References

  1. ^ Victoria Petersen (20 June 2017), “Spenard: Then and Now”, in Last Frontier Magazine: “Spenard became famous for crimes of passion; wives killing their husbands became so common that local colloquialism noted the event as a “Spenard divorce”.”
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