Wife-beater

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Wife-beater, wifebeater, or wife beater is a slang term for a person who commits domestic violence against his or her wife, or long term female partner.

It can also refer to:

  • a type of sleeveless shirt
  • a nickname for certain alcoholic drinks:
    • Rum, made from sugarcane, sometimes called "the golden wifebeater"
    • Stella Artois, a beer sometimes called "Wife Beater" in the UK

Nicknames

  • Matt Prince, (born 1973) a professional wrestler whose ring name is Wifebeater
  • Chris Spradlin, (born 1979) a professional wrestler whose former ring name was Wife Beater
  • Sickie Wifebeater, stage name of The Mentors' guitarist Eric Carls (born 1958)

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