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reefer

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Etymology 1

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From reef +‎ -er.

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reefer (plural reefers)

  1. (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
    • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, “Prelude”, in Selected Stories, Oxford, published 2002, page 85:
      Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.
    • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Times, page 27:
      The mess table, at which the reefers and mates made merry, was fixed in the middle of the berth.
  2. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of refrigerator.

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reefer (plural reefers)

  2. (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
    • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
      Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
      In a Kenworth pullin' logs.
      Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
      And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.
    • 1988, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, A taste of America, →ISBN, page 41:
      Next to the cash register, a bulletin board was thumbtacked with notes from deadheaders who needed loads heading west, and shippers looking for a reefer (refrigerated truck) going down to Florida.
  4. (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
    Hypernyms: box car, freight car
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Etymology 3

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Mexican Spanish grifa (“cannabis”) or Central American Spanish grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”).

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reefer (countable and uncountable, plural reefers) (slang)

  1. (countable) A marijuana cigarette.
  2. (uncountable) Marijuana.
    • 1982, Edward G. Fletcher, Melle Mel (lyrics and music), “The Message”, in The Message, performed by Grandmaster Flash:
      Daddy I don't want to go to school because the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool and all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper if I just got a job learned to be a street sweeper.
    • 1984 April 7, N.B., “Chemical Dependency in the Gay Community”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
      As time went on and I smoked more reefer, I began to spend more time with other dope smokers, reminiscing on how good the sixties were, rather than actually participating in the current political movements.
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