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reefer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reefer has 1 sense
- reefer(n = noun.artifact) joint, marijuana cigarette, spliff, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking; Array is a kind of butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
CIDE DICTIONARY
reefer, n.
- One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. Marryat. [1913 Webster]
- A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
reefer, n.
1 sl. a marijuana cigarette.
2 = reefing-jacket (see REEF(2)).
3 a a person who reefs. b colloq. a midshipman.
1 sl. a marijuana cigarette.
2 = reefing-jacket (see REEF(2)).
3 a a person who reefs. b colloq. a midshipman.
Etymology
REEF(2) (in sense 1, = a thing rolled) + -ER(1)
THESAURUS
reefer
DET, DMT, Frigidaire, LSD, Mary Jane, Pullman, Pullman car, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, baggage car, boxcar, caboose, car, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, covered waggon, day coach, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, electric refrigerator, electronic refrigerator, flat, flatcar, freezer ship, fridge, gage, ganja, gondola, grass, hallucinogen, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, ice chest, icebox, joint, kava, local, luggage van, mail car, mail van, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, peyote, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, railway car, refrigerator, refrigerator car, refrigerator truck, refrigeratory, roach, roomette, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, stick, stockcar, tank, tea, tender, tranquilizer, truck, van, waggon, weed
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