Andover

[ an-doh-ver, -duh- ]

/ ˈæn doʊ vər, -də- /

a city in NE 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?

One comes to me from Mr. Hyde, my wonderful English teacher at Andover.
Anthony Grafton: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I went to Andover with Belichick in the 1970s (he was there for a postgraduate year while I was kept prisoner for four years).
The Material Super Bowl: Madonna, Ferris Bueller—and the Game, Too|Buzz Bissinger|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Now, Leno is a Boston boy, a graduate of Emerson College and raised in nearby Andover, Massachusetts.
Jay Leno Wins Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award|Samuel P. Jacobs|February 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She is not to the manor born, not having met her husband at an Andover dance.
Palin Paranoia Decoded|Tunku Varadarajan|November 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I lived in Andover, Massachusetts, and I was good at languages.
How a New England Yankee Conquered China|Sarah Whitman-Salkin|July 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When the Andover team ran out upon the field we were all anxious to see how big Holt loomed up.
Football Days|William H. Edwards
He sat down beneath a boulder and smoked, while Andover talked with the others.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
Andover girls were country girls, but not of rustic (any more than of metropolitan) social training.
McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2|Various
I merely remarked how sad it was that poor Andover was dead.
The Bishop's Apron|W. Somerset Maugham
Andover had felt confident of winning, but a combination of hard luck and a poor and unfamiliar track tended to cause her defeat.
Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895|Various