Marblehead

[ mahr-buh l-head, mahr-buh l-hed ]

/ ˈmɑr bəlˌhɛæd, ˌmɑr bəlˈhɛd /

a resort in NE Massachusetts: yachting.

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His older brother is Greg Doherty of Kensington, Calif., his younger sister Kate Quigley of Marblehead, Mass.
Glen Doherty Obituary: Navy SEAL Killed in Libya||September 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A former New Yorker, she now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and attends groups in the area when asked.
The Book-Club Hustlers|Francesca Mari|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
More than half the members of this company were enlisted in Marblehead.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5|Various
The number of naval heroes whom Marblehead may claim as her own is something surprising.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake

This alarmed the Marblehead men more than the report of burning their town; they raved and swore like mad men.
A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.|Benjamin Waterhouse
Marblehead and Cape Cod are the parent nurseries of these hardy men.
The South-West|Joseph Holt Ingraham
Even Salem, Beverly, and the parts adjacent draw but little on his sympathy or his fellowship: in short, they are not Marblehead.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake