[Publius]

In the railroad game, a "reefer" is a refrigerator car.

A decade ago, our dear FReeper Libertina was with me in a car being driven by an old railroad man who had gotten out of the game and taken over his father-in-law's business which he turned into a multi-million dollar success.

He said, "Back then, we were running reefers out of Spokane."

Libertina screamed, "You were doing what?!!!!"

I had to educate her as to the railroad meaning of the word.

[Fiji Hill]

"Cab-over-Pete with a reefer on with a Jimmy hauling logs..."

Convoy--C. W. McCall (1975)