Agawam

[ ag-uh-wom ]

/ ˈæg əˌwɒm /

a city in W central Massachusetts.

QUIZZES

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

We were hardly on our way yesterday, from Agawam, when a dashing young gallant rode up very fast behind us.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier
Although Agawam ripens soon after Concord, it can be kept much longer and even improves in flavor after picking.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
The Agawam is often sold in the markets as Salem which it resembles and by which it is surpassed in quality.
The Grapes of New York|U. P. Hedrick
She was so surprised that her children were ignorant of Masconomo, the sagamore of Agawam.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886|Various

The "Simple Cobler of Agawam" made a vast sensation with his scurrilous bombs.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle