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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

“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

Developers Andrew Rose and Mark Klaman, who live in Swampscott, plan on redeveloping the property into 18 condominiums — restricted to those who are 55 years of age or older.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2017

Miss U. is now holding forth at Swampscott, so I asked to see her sister Mrs. Wood and learn the cost of the 7 dinners a week.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James

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