reefer
Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipmanSomeone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
Meaning
6 sensesSomeone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
(US, colloquial)A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
(US)A refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
(countable, dated, slang)A marijuana cigarette.
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
(dated, slang, uncountable)Marijuana.
Joint, Tüte
кося́кkosják
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From reef + -er. Clipping of refrigerator. Uncertain. Perhaps from Mexican Spanish grifaFrom reef + -er.
Clipping of refrigerator.
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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Forms
plural: reefersSynonyms
4 synonyms- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking:jointmarijuana cigarettestickspliff