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Swampscott

American  
[swomp-skuht] / ˈswɒmp skət /

noun

  1. a city in NE Massachusetts.


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The Massachusetts native, who grew up in the North Shore town of Swampscott, picked up two adjacent homes in Nantucket for $42 million in 2023.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

He told investigators that on Jan. 1 he visited his mother in Swampscott, Mass., a roughly 33-mile drive away, and ran errands for her at Whole Foods and CVS.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023

Police in Swampscott received a call around 9:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022

“I don’t have any people to paint on the beach, I don’t have any umbrellas on the sand, nothing that gives it any spirit,” said Shasha, 59, of Swampscott, Mass.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2021

One of these is in the home of Mr. John Albree at Swampscott, Massachusetts.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.