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afton
/ˈæf.tən/
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What does afton mean?
proper noun
- A city in Iowa.
- A city in Minnesota.
- A ghost town in Nevada.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A town and village in New York.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee.
- A town in Wyoming.
- A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3586).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæf.tən/
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At the tailor’s he kept whistling, “Flow gently, Sweet Afton,” while Van Dusen advised him, until that resourceful tailor and haberdasher exclaimed, “You must have a date back there, doctor; you behave like a bridegroom,” and made him remember that he wasn’t one.