reefer
1- Nautical. a person who reefs.
- a short, close-fitting coat or jacket of thick cloth, similar to a pea jacket.
- a woman's tailored, fitted, single- or double-breasted coat of durable material with a collar.
Origin of reefer
1reefer
2- a marijuana cigarette.
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2reefer
3- a refrigerator, especially one large enough to be walked into.
- a refrigerator car, ship, truck, etc.
Origin of reefer
3Related Words for reefer
dope, cannabis, hashish, tea, hemp, herb, bhang, blazer, pot, smoke, hash, joint, reefer, weed, ganja, roach, grass, puff, butt, cubebExamples from the Web for reefer
Contemporary Examples of reefer
“We were taught with Reefer Madness that it was a hard-core drug and we should veer away from it,” she says.
Hemp, too close to reefer madness for comfort, was one of them.
Armstrong told Harold that reefer was "medicine for headaches, toothaches, and the blues," advice Conrad took to heart.
University of Colorado cracks down on 4/20 reefer madness, but a few students still manage to party.
Historical Examples of reefer
He went into his bedroom and returned with a heavy "reefer" jacket.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
When it cleared off, put on and reefer, and rubber boots, and went out.
Jimmy CrowEdith Francis Foster
The crackle of the legal paper in his reefer pocket only accentuated his gloom.
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
He acknowledged that it was bad enough to kill a dog, but that a reefer could stand it.
Rattlin the ReeferEdward Howard
The names of the captured gunboats were Nonata, Bonita and Reefer.
The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2)Justin H. Smith
reefer
1- nautical a person who reefs, such as a midshipman
- another name for reefing jacket
- slang a hand-rolled cigarette, esp one containing cannabis
Word Origin for reefer
reefer
2- a ship, lorry, or other form of transport designed to carry refrigerated cargo
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Word Origin and History for reefer
"marijuana cigarette," 1920s, perhaps an alteration of Mexican Spanish grifo "marijuana, drug addict" [OED]; or perhaps from reef (v.), on resemblance to a rolled sail. It also meant "pickpocket" in criminal slang (1935). Reefer also was a nickname for "midshipman" (1818) "because they attend in the tops during the operation of reefing" [Century Dictionary], which is the source of the meaning "coat of a nautical cut" (1878) worn by sailors and fishermen "but copied for general use in the fashions of 1888-90" [CD].
reefer
(rē′fər)- Marijuana, especially a marijuana cigarette.