Spenard divorce noun a shooting of one spouse by the other US
— Robert O. Bowen, AnAlaskanDictionary, p. 31, 1965
The action is named after the Spenard district of Anchorage, where the rite is often conducted in one of the area’s many watering holes. — Mike Doogan, HowtoSpeakAlaskan, p. 55, 1993