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reefer.

Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹiːfɚ/US/ˈɹiːfə/UK
  1. Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.

  2. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Where this word comes from

From reef + -er.

noun/ˈɹiːfɚ/US/ˈɹiːfə/UK
  1. A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.

    US · colloquial
  2. a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).

    US
Where this word comes from

Clipping of refrigerator.

noun/ˈɹiːfɚ/US/ˈɹiːfə/UK
  1. A marijuana cigarette.

    countable · dated · slang
  2. Marijuana.

    dated · slang · uncountable
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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