n.
A woman's ex-husband.
Example Citation:
"The bride's aunt dances with her ex-husband — he's called a 'wasband' — on the hay-strewn 'dance floor' in front of the barn."
— Abigail Trafford, "Will You Still Catch Me When I'm Sixty-Four?," The Washington Post, September 10, 1996
Earliest Citation:
"After reading here about the guy who calls his wife's ex her 'wasband,' Rosemary Wolohan confides that she refers to her two exes as 'hasbeends."
— Herb Caen, "Plenty of Monday," The San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 1990
Notes:
This term is a clever and euphonious blend of the words was and husband.
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