Talk:reefer

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reefer - person who smokes marijuana (sense)

This sense I have never heard of. If it is to survive it will need cites.--Williamsayers79 10:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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Tagged but not listed. Rfv-sense: "a person who smokes marijuana". I didn't find any relevant hits for "such a reefer", "was a reefer". "is a reefer", "were reefers", "are reefers", "like a reefer", "as a reefer". - -sche (discuss) 15:33, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 01:41, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Etymology 3

Couldn't "reefer" (sometimes abbreviaed as reef) just come from Rif (same pronunciation), a Moroccan region where cannabis is a traditional production for local consumption and for export ? There were once many U.S. artists living in Tangiers, in Nortern Morocco, this could be an explanation, they probably knew where their cannabis came from. --Minorities observer (talk) 23:06, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Chambers lists it under the nautical etymology (to reef a sail, i.e. to roll it and tie down a portion): so perhaps it's from the appearance of being a large sheet rolled up. Also speculation. Equinox ◑ 23:09, 28 October 2016 (UTC)