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Definition of Reefers
1. reefer [n] - See also: reefer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reefers
Literary usage of Reefers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cruise on the Constitution: Around the World on Old Ironsides, 1844-1847 by Benjamin F. Stevens (1904)
"The two other skulls were smuggled aboard ship by some "reefers," and will probably
adorn their studios at the termination of the cruise. ..."
2. Recollections of a Naval Life by James Scott (1834)
"Voyage to Greenland—Jokes among the reefers—Information respecting La Guerriere
frigate—Exhilaration of the Crew Anecdote of a poor Marine recruit—The ..."
3. Midshipman Pauling by Molly Elliot Seawell (1891)
"Them little reefers was a sight to see ! You'd 'a' thought they was goin' to ...
That's a cur'us thing about reefers — they alters puts on their good clo'es ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"He will pay it off by riding the watch- officers, and they will come down on the
reefers, and the reefers will pass it along to the men, and Jack generally ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"He will pay it off by riding the watch- officers, and they will come down on the
reefers, and the reefers will pass it along to the men, and Jack generally ..."
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