On 8/17/2010 4:59 PM, Leon wrote:
"Lew wrote in message
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"Han" wrote:

What's reefer?

As in refrigerator.

Lew



I think that would be "refer"

It's sailor talk. The refrigerated food storage on a ship is called the
"reefer", possibly because you put your reefer (a heavy coat--the reason
it's called a "reefer" goes back to the age of sail) on to keep warm
when you go into it. By extension refrigerated railcars and
refrigerated trucks are sometimes called "reefers".