reefer
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -iːfə(r)
Etymology 1
Noun
reefer (plural reefers)
- (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories), p. 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.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories), p. 85:
- A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
Derived terms
Translations
someone who reefs
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reefer jacket — see reefer jacket
Etymology 2
Clipping of refrigerator.
Noun
reefer (plural reefers)
- (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
- 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.
- (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
Translations
refrigerated trailer or container
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refrigerator car
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Etymology 3
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from regional Spanish grifa (“cannabis”) (Mexico), grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”) (Central America).
Noun
reefer (plural reefers)
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- 1982, Grandmaster Flash, "The Message":
- 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.
- 1982, Grandmaster Flash, "The Message":
Synonyms
- (marijuana cigarette): See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette, Appendix:Cannabis slang
Translations
marijuana cigarette
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marijuana — see marijuana
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