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▪ I. reefer1|ˈriːfə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who reefs; spec. a slang name given to midshipmen ‘because they have to attend in the tops during the operation of taking in reefs’ (Smyth).
1818‘A. Burton’ Adventures J. Newcome i. 40 ‘Hoy! Reefers! Reefers!—with your sport you seem to make a Dover Court.’ 1829Marryat F. Mildmay ii, I.. was saluted by the females with the appellation of ‘royal reefer’ (midshipman). 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxix. 104 A lad..who went by the name of the ‘reefer’, having been a midshipman in an East India Company's ship. 1888Harper's Mag. July 166 The steerage or gun-room was..the home of darling reefers. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake (1964) 323 Reefer was a wenchman.
2. A reefing jacket. Also (N. Amer.), an overcoat.
1878C. Hallock Amer. Club List & Sportsman's Gloss. p. ix/2 Reefer, a short jacket worn by sailors. 1883Tailoring World 20 Oct. 1/2 The forms of garments known as Reefers and Lounges. 1894R. H. Davis in Harper's Mag. May 891/1 A tall, handsome woman..with her hands in the pockets of her reefer. 1921[see covert cloth]. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 96/1 Reefer. an overcoat. 1947Words: New Dict. 480/1 Reefer, n. Slang. 2. A short, double-breasted overcoat. 1968[see lounge n. 2 c]. 1970J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 47 Our winter overcoats—‘reefers’ we called them—lasted so well that one might serve as many as three boys before being discarded.
attrib.1885Pall Mall G. 13 Mar. 10/2 The man..was dressed in a reefer jacket and light-coloured trousers. 1901G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion ii. 241 Sprawl supine on the floor, with their reefer coats under their heads. 1928R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances xv. 170 Cary spoke with a hint of nervous defiance, thrusting her hands into the pockets of her reefer coat. 1936N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes x. 161 On the day of the interview, Nana cleaned Pauline's reefer coat, and blue beret. 1955Times 20 Aug. 3/3 He was wearing a reefer jacket and uniform trousers under a blue naval raincoat. 1969N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp i. 4 Rena and I shivered in our white serge reefer coats. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 702/2 Pugin shocked his contemporaries by attending important meetings with aristocratic clients dressed in a seaman's jersey and reefer jacket.
3. [Or perh. ad. Mexican Sp. grifo marijuana, one who smokes marijuana.] A cigarette containing marijuana; marijuana; one who smokes marijuana. Also attrib. slang (orig. U.S.).
1931[see camp a. (and n.5)]. 1932Melody Maker Sept. 749/2 ‘Song of the Weed’, ‘Got the South in my Soul’, ‘I Heard’, and ‘Reefer Man’ are all worth your half-crowns. 1933Chicago Defender 2 Dec. 5 The humble ‘reefer’, ‘the weed’, the marijuana, or what have you by way of a name for a doped cigarette has moved to Park Ave. from Harlem. 1940R. Chandler Farewell, My Lovely xxxiii. 256 He sold reefers... With the right protection behind him. 1946S. Jackson Indiscreet Guide to Soho 120 ‘Reefers’ (cigarettes made from marihuana) used to sell in thousands in the West End before the war. 1952Amer. Speech XV. 335/2 One who smokes is a nicotine-hound or a reefer (especially a smoker of marihuana). 1952M. Tripp Faith is Windsock ix. 137 Got any reefers?.. Gimme some skin man. 1956‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump 279 And then we got to smoking those reefers... Those cigarettes! 1959News Chron. 26 Aug. 1/2 ‘Reefer’ cigarettes, made up from hashish, are sold in the West End and in Notting Hill at 5s. apiece. 1967M. M. Glatt et al. Drug Scene iv. 49 Quite a few were on heroin and cocaine, most smoked reefers, but not too many were on Purple Hearts. 1972W. Labov Lang. in Inner City p. xxii, Reginald then makes another disruptive move, suggesting that they get a bag of reefer (marijuana). 1976Milton Keynes Express 2 July 9/6 [He]..was fined {pstlg}100 after three ounces of cannabis, enough to make 240 ‘reefers’, was found at his home. 1979High Times Mar. 25 Louisiana state cop displays a pot of pot discovered among 30 tons of Columbian reefer.
4. Criminals' slang. (See quots.)
1935N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 62 Reefer,..a pickpocket. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 59 Reefer... (2) A pickpocket's accomplice.
▪ II. ˈreefer2
[f. reef n.2 or v.2 + -er1.]
1. Austral. and N.Z. One who works on a gold-reef.
1859Adelong Mining Jrnl. 15 Apr. 4/2 On Monday last he made known to a few of our old reefers his discovery. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 285 He was not a miner, a speculator, a reefer, nor an engine-driver. 1940Baker N.Z. Slang iv. 28 Gold-fields brought [to N.Z.] the reefer, the deep lead, the gutter, the monkey shaft.
2. U.S. A reef-oyster (Cent. Dict. 1891).
3. Austral. One associated with the Great Barrier Reef.
1951J. Devanny Travels N. Queensland xv. 78 We plunged into the water up to our knees..holding the sticks which experienced ‘reefers’ invariably carry.
▪ III. ˈreefer3
Alteration of refrigerator. Usu. = refrigerator car or ship. Also attrib., and as adj. = refrigerated ppl. a.
1914Wells Fargo Messenger III. 39 Ten thousand halibut must be packed in Wells Fargo ‘reefers’ between sun-up and sunset. 1924‘Digit’ Confessions 20th Cent. Hobo 12 Reefer, a refrigerator box car for perishable goods with an ice-box at each end. 1926Amer. Speech I. 652/2 Reefer, refrigerator. 1951Manch. Guardian 27 Sept. 14/2 Denmark also provides examples of English, or rather American naming, in the African Reefer and the Indian Reefer—‘Reefer’ being an Americanism for a vessel carrying refrigerated cargo. 1953Sun (Baltimore) 7 Nov. (B ed.) 6/3 Then..to San Francisco for ‘reefer’ cargo—refrigerated fruit. 1958J. Kerouac On Road i. 19 We didn't know..what boxcars and flats and de-iced reefers to pick. 1961Amer. Speech XXXVI. 273 Reefer box, a refrigerated trailer. 1963North (Ottawa) May-June 14/1 Price had been showing them how to can the local fruit and prepare it for freezing in the Indian Affairs reefer. 1963T. Pynchon V. i. 22 To the mezuzah nailed up over the vegetable reefer and the Zionist banner hanging in back of the salad table Da Conho added this prize. 1965R. B. Oram Cargo Handling (1969) vi. 99 Refrigerated space is now commonly referred to as ‘reefer’ space. 1968P. Durst Badge of Infamy iv. 32 Steaks are in the reefer, the french fries are all out and in the wire basket. 1971Maclean's Mag. Sept. 34/1 Reefers are insulated vans with Thermo King refrigerated units on them. They can carry anything from ice cream to corpses. 1976Times 6 Oct. 21 The underlying strength of the refrigerated ship (reefer) business. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 186/1 At present in the Dry Cargo Fleets of the World the United Kingdom is first in Reefers, second in Containers and, it would seem, is leaving Bulkers and General Cargo to others. Reefer and Container ships certainly need high grade officers who are good navigators and capable ship handlers in traffic. |