Beverly
a city in NE Massachusetts.
Also, Beverley. a female or male given name: from an Old English word meaning “dweller at the beaver meadow.”.
Contemporary Examples
The Nice Thing About Larry Hagman Megan McArdle November 26, 2012
How Oscars Ruin a Marriage Nicole LaPorte March 17, 2010
Confessions of Charlie Sheen’s Bartender Robert Schwartz February 5, 2011
Life After ‘Entourage’ Marlow Stern August 17, 2011
Hollywood Says Goodbye to Murdered Publicist Christine Pelisek, Jacob Bernstein November 21, 2010
Historical Examples
The Spell of Belgium Isabel Anderson
Freaks of Fortune Oliver Optic
Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
A Venetian June Anna Fuller
Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession Benjamin Wood
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