reefer.
Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
Meaning & usage
Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
Where this word comes from
From reef + -er.
A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of refrigerator.
A marijuana cigarette.
Marijuana.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps from Mexican Spanish grifa (“cannabis”)/Central American Spanish grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”), or from the rolled-up appearance of a marijuana cigarette resembling a reefed sail. First attested in the 1920s.
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