reefer

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  1. noun A short, heavy, close-fitting, double-breasted jacket.
  2. noun A close-fitting, single-breasted or double-breasted coat.
  3. noun Nautical A person, such as a midshipman, who reefs.
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  • I bought a little reefer, a little speed, and two dime rocks of crack cocaine. —  The Enemy by Lee Child
  • I don't think reefer should be anything to get in a twist over; however, coming to work stoned would probably be a bad decision. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • I'm also pretty sure that's not what you said when the reefer was being passed around. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • But I prefer to maintain mild functionality so reefer is my intoxication of choice.
  • And once the reefer has been destroyed, we'll start on Darwin and Sigmund Freud, and sex depicted on celluloid, and communists and queens! —  Techdirt
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  1. Origin unknown.
  2. Alteration of refrigerator.

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  1. from reef + -er.
 

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