Reefer
A refrigerated trailer — the kind that hauls frozen and chilled freight.
Definitions
A temperature-controlled trailer with its own diesel-powered fridge unit bolted to the nose. Hauls everything from ice cream to pharmaceuticals. Pays better than dry van because the equipment costs more and the loads are time-sensitive — but the reefer unit chugging away all night is the soundtrack of every truck stop.
Older drug slang for a marijuana cigarette. Largely retired now in everyday speech but immortalised in the 1936 propaganda film 'Reefer Madness'.
Reefer In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Trucker sense is a clip of 'refrigerator.' The cannabis sense is unrelated, likely from Mexican Spanish 'grifo' via 1920s jazz slang.
People Also Ask
What does Reefer mean in trucking?
A reefer is a refrigerated trailer, the kind used to haul frozen and chilled freight.
How do you use Reefer in a sentence?
"I'm running a reefer load of ice cream down to Florida, so the unit's got to stay cold the whole way."
Where does the trucking term reefer come from?
It's short for 'refrigerator,' referring to the refrigeration unit built into the trailer.
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